diff -dur -x '*~' -x '*.orig' Python-3.5.0.orig/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py Python-3.5.0/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
--- Python-3.5.0.orig/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py	2015-09-13 13:41:20.000000000 +0200
+++ Python-3.5.0/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py	2015-12-03 18:14:59.483958511 +0100
@@ -324,6 +324,16 @@
         if self.rpm3_mode:
             rpm_cmd.extend(['--define',
                              '_topdir %s' % os.path.abspath(self.rpm_base)])
+            rpm_cmd.extend(['--define',
+                             '_specdir %s/SPECS' % os.path.abspath(self.rpm_base)])
+            rpm_cmd.extend(['--define',
+                             '_sourcedir %s/SOURCES' % os.path.abspath(self.rpm_base)])
+            rpm_cmd.extend(['--define',
+                             '_builddir %s/BUILD' % os.path.abspath(self.rpm_base)])
+            rpm_cmd.extend(['--define',
+                             '_rpmdir %s/RPMS' % os.path.abspath(self.rpm_base)])
+            rpm_cmd.extend(['--define',
+                             '_srcrpmdir %s/SRPMS' % os.path.abspath(self.rpm_base)])
         if not self.keep_temp:
             rpm_cmd.append('--clean')
 
@@ -337,7 +347,7 @@
         # list is empty)
         nvr_string = "%{name}-%{version}-%{release}"
         src_rpm = nvr_string + ".src.rpm"
-        non_src_rpm = "%{arch}/" + nvr_string + ".%{arch}.rpm"
+        non_src_rpm = nvr_string + ".%{arch}.rpm"
         q_cmd = r"rpm -q --qf '%s %s\n' --specfile '%s'" % (
             src_rpm, non_src_rpm, spec_path)