1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
index 9b634e583b..ff86dc8798 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ python do_package_rpm () {
     os.chmod(pkgwritedir, 0o755)
 
     cmd = rpmbuild
-    cmd = cmd + " --nodeps --short-circuit --target " + pkgarch + " --buildroot " + pkgd
+    cmd = cmd + " --noclean --nodeps --short-circuit --target " + pkgarch + " --buildroot " + pkgd
     cmd = cmd + " --define '_topdir " + workdir + "' --define '_rpmdir " + pkgwritedir + "'"
     cmd = cmd + " --define '_builddir " + d.getVar('S') + "'"
     cmd = cmd + " --define '_build_name_fmt %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}.rpm'"
@@ -721,8 +721,11 @@ python do_package_rpm () {
         bb.build.exec_func('SBUILDSPEC', d)
     cmd = cmd + " -bb " + outspecfile
 
+    # rpm 4 creates various empty directories in _topdir, let's clean them up
+    cleanupcmd = "rm -rf %s/BUILDROOT %s/SOURCES %s/SPECS %s/SRPMS" % (workdir, workdir, workdir, workdir)
+
     # Build the rpm package!
-    d.setVar('BUILDSPEC', cmd + "\n")
+    d.setVar('BUILDSPEC', cmd + "\n" + cleanupcmd + "\n")
     d.setVarFlag('BUILDSPEC', 'func', '1')
     bb.build.exec_func('BUILDSPEC', d)