diff --git a/makerpm b/makerpm
index 912ddf3db..471943f1c 100755
--- a/makerpm
+++ b/makerpm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function makenoarch {
 
 		tar --exclude .svn -czf $RPMROOT/SOURCES/$RPMNAME-$VER.tar.gz $RPMNAME
 		rm -f $RPMROOT/SRPMS/$RPMNAME-$VER*rpm $RPMROOT/RPMS/noarch/$RPMNAME-$VER*rpm
-		rpmbuild $QUIET -ta $RPMROOT/SOURCES/$RPMNAME-$VER.tar.gz --define "version $VER"
+		rpmbuild $QUIET -ta $RPMROOT/SOURCES/$RPMNAME-$VER.tar.gz --define "version $VER" $REL "$EASE"
 		RC=$?
 
 		if [ $RPMNAME = "xCAT-UI" ]; then
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function makexcat {
 
 		rm -f $RPMROOT/SRPMS/$RPMNAME-$VER*rpm $RPMROOT/RPMS/$ARCH/$RPMNAME-$VER*rpm
 		echo "Building $RPMROOT/RPMS/$ARCH/$RPMNAME-$VER-snap*.$ARCH.rpm $EMBEDTXT..."
-		rpmbuild $QUIET -ba $RPMNAME/$RPMNAME.spec $TARGET --define "version $VER"
+		rpmbuild $QUIET -ba $RPMNAME/$RPMNAME.spec $TARGET --define "version $VER" $REL "$EASE"
 		RC=$?
 	fi
 }
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ function makegenesis {
 	cd - >/dev/null
 	rm -f $RPMROOT/SRPMS/$RPMNAME-$VER*rpm $RPMROOT/RPMS/noarch/$RPMNAME-$VER*rpm
 	echo "Building $RPMROOT/RPMS/noarch/$RPMNAME-$VER-snap*.noarch.rpm $EMBEDTXT..."
-	rpmbuild $QUIET -ba $DIR/$RPMNAME.spec --define "version $VER" 
+	rpmbuild $QUIET -ba $DIR/$RPMNAME.spec --define "version $VER" $REL "$EASE"
 }
 
 function makegenesisscripts {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function makegenesisscripts {
 	cd - >/dev/null
 	rm -f $RPMROOT/SRPMS/$RPMNAME-$ARCH-$VER*rpm $RPMROOT/RPMS/noarch/$RPMNAME-$ARCH-$VER*rpm
 	echo "Building $RPMROOT/RPMS/noarch/$RPMNAME-$ARCH-$VER-snap*.noarch.rpm $EMBEDTXT..."
-	rpmbuild $QUIET -ba $DIR/$RPMNAME.spec $TARGET --define "version $VER" 
+	rpmbuild $QUIET -ba $DIR/$RPMNAME.spec $TARGET --define "version $VER" $REL "$EASE"
 }