diff --git a/autodist.sh b/autodist.sh
index a065416..170cf11 100755
--- a/autodist.sh
+++ b/autodist.sh
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ cd ..
 eval `grep ^PACKAGE_VERSION= configure`
 PACKAGE_RELEASE=`echo ${PACKAGE_VERSION#*-} | sed -e 's/[.-]/_/g'`
 sed -i -e "s/^\(Version:\s*\).*$/\1${PACKAGE_VERSION%%-*}/" slurm-drmaa.spec
-if [ "${PACKAGE_VERSION}" != "${PACKAGE_RELEASE}" ]; then
-    # no dash in $PACKAGE_VERSION so this is not a dev/pre release
-    sed -i -e "s/^\(Release:\s*\).*/\11.${PACKAGE_RELEASE}%{?dist}/" slurm-drmaa.spec
-fi
 
 make dist
 SLURM_CONF=/dev/null DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="CFLAGS='-I../../../../drmaa_utils -I../../..'" make distcheck
diff --git a/slurm-drmaa.spec b/slurm-drmaa.spec
index e07f1c2..1719b7b 100644
--- a/slurm-drmaa.spec
+++ b/slurm-drmaa.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+%global slurm_version  %(printf "%s" $(rpm -q slurm-devel --qf "%{VERSION}" | cut -d. -f-2) 2>/dev/null)
+
 Name:		slurm-drmaa
 Version:	dev
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	%{slurm_version}%{?dist}
 
 Summary:	DRMAA for Slurm
 Group:		Development/Libraries