https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_of_Additional_RPM_Macros I suggest updating the first sentence of the above paragraph to: Additional RPM macros must be stored under %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d (%{_sysconfdir}/rpm on EL < 7) directory, [...] -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging