--- rpm-4.4.8/build/files.c.orig	2007-02-01 23:21:51.000000000 +0100
+++ rpm-4.4.8/build/files.c	2007-04-08 16:10:27.849202243 +0200
@@ -1044,6 +1044,16 @@
 	    appendStringBuf(pkg->specialDoc, "cp -pr ");
 	    appendStringBuf(pkg->specialDoc, specialDocBuf);
 	    appendLineStringBuf(pkg->specialDoc, " \"$DOCDIR\"");
+
+	    {
+	        char *compress_doc;
+
+		compress_doc = rpmExpand("%{__compress_doc}", NULL);
+		if (compress_doc && *compress_doc != '%')
+	    	    appendLineStringBuf(pkg->specialDoc, compress_doc);
+		if (compress_doc)
+		  free(compress_doc);
+	    }
 	}
     }
 
diff -ur rpm-4.0.4/macros.in rpm-4.0.4-/macros.in
--- rpm-4.0.4/macros.in	Fri May 17 11:18:12 2002
+++ rpm-4.0.4-/macros.in	Fri May 17 11:17:44 2002
@@ -1208,6 +1208,9 @@
 #%__spec_triggerin_pre		%{nil}
 #%__spec_triggerin_post		%{nil}
 
+# Executed at after copying %doc to DOCDIR, with $DOCDIR set
+%__compress_doc                @prefix@/lib/rpm/compress-doc%{?_noautocompressdoc: --noautocompressdoc='%{_noautocompressdoc}'}
+
 #==============================================================================
 # ---- configure macros.
 #	Macro(s) slavishly copied from autoconf's config.status.