diff --git a/libHX.changes b/libHX.changes
index b09d0e4..3735c84 100644
--- a/libHX.changes
+++ b/libHX.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 10 17:12:56 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Do an out-of-srcdir build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan  3 09:24:44 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/libHX.spec b/libHX.spec
index 519ffa4..0ace3bf 100644
--- a/libHX.spec
+++ b/libHX.spec
@@ -110,19 +110,23 @@ tar -xf "%{S:0}" --use=xz;
 %endif
 
 %build
-%configure --includedir="%_includedir/pkg/%name"
+%define _configure ../configure
+mkdir obj;
+pushd obj/
+%configure --includedir="%_includedir/pkg/%name" --docdir="%_docdir/%name"
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
+popd
 
 %install
 b="%buildroot";
-make install DESTDIR="$b" docdir="%_docdir/%name"
+make -C obj DESTDIR="$b" install
 mkdir -p "$b/%_docdir/%name"
 install -pm0644 doc/* "$b/%_docdir/%name"
 rm -f "$b/%_docdir/%name"/Makefile*
 find "$b/%_libdir" -type f -name "*.la" -delete;
 
 %check
-make check %{?_smp_mflags}
+make -C obj check %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %post   -n %lname -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n %lname -p /sbin/ldconfig