diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fd61d33cf..052e8fdb8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 PYTHON=python3
+PKG_INSTALL?=dnf
 
 L10N_REPOSITORY=git@github.com:storaged-project/blivet-weblate.git
 L10N_BRANCH=master
@@ -6,10 +7,15 @@ L10N_BRANCH=master
 PKGNAME=blivet
 SPECFILE=python-blivet.spec
 VERSION=$(shell $(PYTHON) setup.py --version)
+RPMVERSION=$(shell rpmspec -q --queryformat "%{version}\n" $(SPECFILE) | head -1)
+RPMRELEASE=$(shell rpmspec --undefine '%dist' -q --queryformat "%{release}\n" $(SPECFILE) | head -1)
+RC_RELEASE ?= $(shell date -u +0.1.%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
+RELEASE_TAG=$(PKGNAME)-$(RPMVERSION)-$(RPMRELEASE)
 VERSION_TAG=$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)
 
 COVERAGE=$(PYTHON) -m coverage
 
+MOCKCHROOT ?= fedora-rawhide-$(shell uname -m)
 
 all:
 	$(MAKE) -C po
@@ -118,9 +124,17 @@ ChangeLog:
 	(GIT_DIR=.git git log > .changelog.tmp && mv .changelog.tmp ChangeLog; rm -f .changelog.tmp) || (touch ChangeLog; echo 'git directory not found: installing possibly empty changelog.' >&2)
 
 tag:
-	tag='$(VERSION_TAG)' ; \
-	git tag -a -s -m "Tag as $$tag" -f $$tag && \
-	echo "Tagged as $$tag"
+	@if test $(VERSION) != $(RPMVERSION) ; then \
+	  tags='$(VERSION_TAG) $(RELEASE_TAG)' ; \
+	elif test $(RPMRELEASE) = "1" ; then \
+	  tags='$(VERSION_TAG) $(RELEASE_TAG)' ; \
+	else \
+	  tags='$(RELEASE_TAG)' ; \
+	fi ; \
+	for tag in $$tags ; do \
+	  git tag -a -s -m "Tag as $$tag" -f $$tag ; \
+	  echo "Tagged as $$tag" ; \
+	done
 
 release: tag archive
 
@@ -146,6 +160,10 @@ local: po-pull
 	git ls-files tests/ | tar -T- -czf $(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)-tests.tar.gz
 	@echo "The test archive is in $(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)-tests.tar.gz"
 
+rpmlog:
+	@git log --pretty="format:- %s (%ae)" $(RELEASE_TAG).. |sed -e 's/@.*)/)/'
+	@echo
+
 bumpver: po-pull
 	@opts="-n $(PKGNAME) -v $(VERSION) -r $(RPMRELEASE)" ; \
 	if [ ! -z "$(IGNORE)" ]; then \
@@ -162,6 +180,38 @@ bumpver: po-pull
 	fi ; \
 	( scripts/makebumpver $${opts} ) || exit 1 ; \
 
+scratch-bumpver:
+	@opts="-n $(PKGNAME) -v $(RPMVERSION) -r $(RPMRELEASE) --newrelease $(RC_RELEASE)" ; \
+	if [ ! -z "$(IGNORE)" ]; then \
+		opts="$${opts} -i $(IGNORE)" ; \
+	fi ; \
+	if [ ! -z "$(MAP)" ]; then \
+		opts="$${opts} -m $(MAP)" ; \
+	fi ; \
+	if [ ! -z "$(SKIP_ACKS)" ]; then \
+		opts="$${opts} -s" ; \
+	fi ; \
+	if [ ! -z "$(BZDEBUG)" ]; then \
+		opts="$${opts} -d" ; \
+	fi ; \
+	( scripts/makebumpver $${opts} ) || exit 1 ; \
+
+scratch:
+	@rm -f ChangeLog
+	@make ChangeLog
+	@rm -rf $(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+	@rm -rf /tmp/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION) /tmp/$(PKGNAME)
+	@dir=$$PWD; cp -a $$dir /tmp/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)
+	@cd /tmp/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION) ; $(PYTHON) setup.py -q sdist
+	@cp /tmp/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)/dist/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz .
+	@rm -rf /tmp/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)
+	@echo "The archive is in $(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz"
+
+rc-release: scratch-bumpver scratch
+	mock -r $(MOCKCHROOT) --scrub all || exit 1
+	mock -r $(MOCKCHROOT) --buildsrpm  --spec ./$(SPECFILE) --sources . --resultdir $(PWD) || exit 1
+	mock -r $(MOCKCHROOT) --rebuild *src.rpm --resultdir $(PWD)  || exit 1
+
 srpm: local
 	rpmbuild -bs --nodeps $(SPECFILE) --define "_sourcedir `pwd`"
 	rm -f $(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz $(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)-tests.tar.gz