diff -r 4db13b4e76aa Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_rpm.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_rpm.py	Fri Jan 07 00:08:16 2011 +0100
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_rpm.py	Fri Jan 07 21:08:32 2011 +0100
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 import shutil
+import textwrap
 from test.support import run_unittest
 
 from distutils.core import Distribution
@@ -78,6 +79,64 @@
         dist_created = os.listdir(os.path.join(pkg_dir, 'dist'))
         self.assertTrue('foo-0.1-1.noarch.rpm' in dist_created)
 
+
+    def test_filename_with_whitespace(self):
+
+        # XXX I am unable yet to make this test work without
+        # spurious sdtout/stderr output under Mac OS X
+        if sys.platform != 'linux2':
+            return
+
+        # http://bugs.python.org/issue809163
+        # this test will run only if the rpm commands are found
+        if (find_executable('rpm') is None or
+            find_executable('rpmbuild') is None):
+            return
+
+        SETUP_PY_WS = textwrap.dedent("""
+
+            from distutils.core import setup
+            import foo
+
+            setup(name='foo', version='0.1',
+                  py_modules=['foo', 'foo_with space'],
+                  url='xxx', author='xxx',
+                  author_email='xxx')
+
+        """)
+
+        # let's create a package with 2 files in it
+        tmp_dir = self.mkdtemp()
+        pkg_dir = os.path.join(tmp_dir, 'foo')
+        os.mkdir(pkg_dir)
+        self.write_file((pkg_dir, 'setup.py'), SETUP_PY_WS)
+        self.write_file((pkg_dir, 'foo.py'), '#')
+        self.write_file((pkg_dir, 'foo_with space.py'), '#')
+        self.write_file((pkg_dir, 'MANIFEST.in'),
+                        'include foo.py\n' +
+                        'include foo_with space.py')
+        self.write_file((pkg_dir, 'README'), '')
+
+        dist = Distribution({'name': 'foo', 'version': '0.1',
+                             'py_modules': ['foo', 'foo_with space'],
+                             'url': 'xxx', 'author': 'xxx',
+                             'author_email': 'xxx'})
+        dist.script_name = 'setup.py'
+        os.chdir(pkg_dir)
+
+        sys.argv = ['setup.py']
+        cmd = bdist_rpm(dist)
+        cmd.fix_python = True
+
+        # running in quiet mode
+        cmd.quiet = 1
+        cmd.ensure_finalized()
+        cmd.run()
+
+        dist_created = os.listdir(os.path.join(pkg_dir, 'dist'))
+        self.assertTrue('foo-0.1-1.noarch.rpm' in dist_created)
+
+
     def test_no_optimize_flag(self):
 
         # XXX I am unable yet to make this test work without