diff --git a/btrfsprogs.changes b/btrfsprogs.changes
index 0de69d9..2ac43d4 100644
--- a/btrfsprogs.changes
+++ b/btrfsprogs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May  4 00:00:00 CEST 2018 - dsterba@suse.cz
+
+- fix installation of btrfs.5.gz
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 30 14:39:07 UTC 2018 - jeffm@suse.com
 
diff --git a/btrfsprogs.spec b/btrfsprogs.spec
index 7943f51..a490802 100644
--- a/btrfsprogs.spec
+++ b/btrfsprogs.spec
@@ -204,10 +204,12 @@ make install		\
 
 %if !%build_docs
 cd Documentation
-# fool make to avoid rebuilding some of the sources
+# fool make to avoid rebuilding some of the sources, the final btrfs.5.gz is in
+# the tarball and we have to overwrite it in the installation path
 touch btrfs-man5.5.gz btrfs-man5.asciidoc
-touch btrfs-ioctl.asciidoc touch btrfs-ioctl.3.gz
+touch btrfs-ioctl.asciidoc btrfs-ioctl.3.gz
 make V=1 MV=mv DESTDIR=%{buildroot} prefix=%{_prefix} bindir=%{_sbindir} mandir=%{_mandir} libdir=%{_libdir} install
+install -m 0644 btrfs.5.gz %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man5
 cd ..
 %endif