1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
index 2b8ef68c96..5945c047b4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ python write_specfile() {
 
         fd.write("%files\n")
         for file in files:
+                if file[0] != '/':
+                        fd.write('/')
                 fd.write("%s\n" % file)
 
         fd.close()