diff --git a/libmaxminddb.spec b/libmaxminddb.spec
index 4c46c19..fc4fe41 100644
--- a/libmaxminddb.spec
+++ b/libmaxminddb.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:        C library for reading MaxMind DB files
 Name:           libmaxminddb
 Version:        1.7.1
-Release:        1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 # BSD-3-Clause (src/maxminddb-compat-util.h) and Apache-2.0 (the rest)
 License:        Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause
 URL:            https://maxmind.github.io/libmaxminddb/