diff --git a/rednotebook.spec b/rednotebook.spec
index 99fb505..324c51e 100644
--- a/rednotebook.spec
+++ b/rednotebook.spec
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ desktop-file-install                                    \
     %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 
 
+# heavily borrowed from /usr/lib/rpm/find-lang.sh
+find %{buildroot} -type f -o -type l|sort|sed '
+s:'"%{buildroot}"'::
+s:\(.*/i18n/\)\([^/_]\+\)\(.*\.mo$\):%lang(\2) \1\2\3:
+s:^\([^%].*\)::
+/^$/d' > %{name}.lang
+
+
 %clean
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
@@ -66,18 +74,29 @@ fi
 gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 
 
-%files
+%files -f %{name}.lang
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc AUTHORS CHANGELOG LICENSE README
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %{_datadir}/pixmaps/%{name}.png
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*x*/apps/%{name}.png
-%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/
+# be careful to not list locales twice
+%dir %{python_sitelib}/%{name}/
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/*.py*
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/external/
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/files/
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/gui/
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/images/
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/util/
 %{python_sitelib}/%{name}*.egg-info
 
 
+
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 08 2011 Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch> - 1.2.0-2
+- List locales correctly tagged as %%lang
+
 * Mon Nov 08 2011 Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch> - 1.2.0-1
 - Updated to new upstream version 1.2.0