diff --git a/nqp.spec b/nqp.spec
index c36a45a..a9e47e6 100644
--- a/nqp.spec
+++ b/nqp.spec
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ rm -r 3rdparty/libtommath 3rdparty/sha1	# this was for the parrot backend
 # prevent rpmlint errors in the doc subpackage
 find examples -maxdepth 1 -name "*.nqp" \
      -exec %{__sed} -i -e '1 s&#!.*\(nqp\)&#!/usr/bin/\1&' {} \;
+# convert Windows newlines to Linx format (CR-LF -> LF)
+%{__perl} -pi -e 's/\r\n$/\n/g' examples/rubyish/t/recursion.t \
+      examples/rubyish/examples-rubyish/fractal-tree.rbi \
+      examples/rubyish/t/bitwise.t docs/ops.markdown \
+      examples/rubyish/t/inheritance.t examples/rubyish/t/line-spanning.t \
+      examples/rubyish/examples-rubyish/closure.rbi
+# correct file mode bits to prevent rpmlint warning
+%{__chmod} 644 docs/ops.markdown
 
 %{__perl} Configure.pl --backends=moar,jvm --prefix=%{_usr}
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fPIC" %{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}