diff --git a/barry.spec b/barry.spec
index de15a71..2724202 100644
--- a/barry.spec
+++ b/barry.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ URL:            http://www.netdirect.ca/downloads/barry
 # ./git-extract.sh 0 15 master
 # (cd build/barry* && ../../tar-prepare.sh)
 # (cd build && ../tar-create.sh 0 15)
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Source0:        %{name}-20110126.%{version}.tar.bz2
 
 BuildRequires:  libusb-devel boost-devel desktop-file-utils gtkmm24-devel