diff --git a/rpm/nvmetcli.spec.tmpl b/rpm/nvmetcli.spec.tmpl
index 1ffdbe611593086385472fc5ce34bf38d1729ca4..f1b55337eb971e55423aa3531015a21fe5b13c3f 100644
--- a/rpm/nvmetcli.spec.tmpl
+++ b/rpm/nvmetcli.spec.tmpl
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ as well as saving / restoring the configuration to / from a json file.
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{__python} setup.py install --skip-build --root=%{buildroot} --prefix=usr
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/nvmet
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/sbin
-install -m 755 nvmetcli %{buildroot}/usr/sbin/nvmetcli
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 install -m 644 nvmet.service %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/nvmet.service
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ed3bf6e5d0a688936da687b57607b255604b2e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[install]
+install_scripts=/usr/sbin
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fdd6ceaf0ce060a373dd20a1bcfd85b7e95843c9..c03a78d2e0aa924776d4ff45c3aa6c5ece381f46 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ setup(
     maintainer_email = 'hch@lst.de',
     test_suite='nose2.collector.collector',
     packages = ['nvmet'],
+    scripts=['nvmetcli']
     )