diff --git a/spacewalk-usix.spec b/spacewalk-usix.spec
index ce9df24..2bf8720 100644
--- a/spacewalk-usix.spec
+++ b/spacewalk-usix.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 Name:	    spacewalk-usix
 Version:	2.8.1
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Release:	4%{?dist}
 Summary:	Spacewalk server and client nano six library
 
 License:	GPLv2
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ cp $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{pythonrhnroot}/common/usix.py $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python3rhnroo
 
 %clean
 
+%files
+
 %files -n python2-%{name}
 %dir %{pythonrhnroot}
 %dir %{pythonrhnroot}/common
@@ -101,6 +103,10 @@ cp $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{pythonrhnroot}/common/usix.py $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python3rhnroo
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 01 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 2.8.1-4
+- empty %%files section is required for a package to build as a metapackage
+  (tkasparek@redhat.com)
+
 * Wed Feb 28 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 2.8.1-3
 - split spacewalk-usix into python2 and python3 variants (tkasparek@redhat.com)
 - build python3-spacewalk-usix also on rhel8 (tkasparek@redhat.com)