diff --git a/yajl.spec b/yajl.spec
index d7a0e63..22e69e6 100644
--- a/yajl.spec
+++ b/yajl.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+%undefine __cmake_in_source_build
+%global _vpath_builddir build
+
 Name: yajl
 Version: 2.1.0
 Release: 14%{?dist}
@@ -52,16 +55,12 @@ necessary for developing against the YAJL library
 # NB, we are not using upstream's 'configure'/'make'
 # wrapper, instead we use cmake directly to better
 # align with Fedora standards
-mkdir build
-cd build
-%cmake ..
-make VERBOSE=1 %{?_smp_mflags}
+%cmake
+%cmake_build
 
 
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-cd build
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%cmake_install
 
 
 # No static libraries