diff -r 37d3b95a289b Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py	Sat Sep 19 15:49:57 2015 -0400
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py	Sat Sep 19 21:47:43 2015 -0400
@@ -338,6 +338,22 @@
         nvr_string = "%{name}-%{version}-%{release}"
         src_rpm = nvr_string + ".src.rpm"
         non_src_rpm = "%{arch}/" + nvr_string + ".%{arch}.rpm"
+
+        eval_cmd = "rpm --eval '%{_rpmfilename}'"
+
+        out = os.popen(eval_cmd)
+        try:
+            line = out.readline()
+            if line:
+                non_src_rpm = line.strip()
+
+            status = out.close()
+            if status:
+                raise DistutilsExecError("Failed to execute: %s" % repr(eval_cmd))
+
+        finally:
+            out.close()
+
         q_cmd = r"rpm -q --qf '%s %s\n' --specfile '%s'" % (
             src_rpm, non_src_rpm, spec_path)