diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index d7e54a6..5360483 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ ln -s vendor src
 export GOPATH=$(pwd)/_build:$(pwd):$(pwd):%{gopath}
 export BUILDTAGS="selinux seccomp $(hack/btrfs_installed_tag.sh) $(hack/btrfs_tag.sh) $(hack/libdm_tag.sh) containers_image_ostree_stub"
 
+GOPATH=$GOPATH go generate ./cmd/podman/varlink/...
 GOPATH=$GOPATH BUILDTAGS=$BUILDTAGS %gobuild -o bin/%{name} %{import_path}/cmd/%{name}
 BUILDTAGS=$BUILDTAGS make %{name} docs