diff --git a/permissions.rpmlintrc b/permissions.rpmlintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c537e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/permissions.rpmlintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# the base package needs to have Arch, otherwise we get no -source and
+# -debuginfo package (which we need for the chkstat sub package)
+addFilter("no-binary")
+# it's hard not to repeat "permissions" in the summary
+addFilter("name-repeated-in-summary")
diff --git a/permissions.spec b/permissions.spec
index 298f40f..c7c6a23 100644
--- a/permissions.spec
+++ b/permissions.spec
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ tests/regtest.py --skip-make > /dev/null
 %endif
 
 %description
-Permission settings of files and directories depending on the local
-security settings. The local security setting ("easy", "secure", or "paranoid")
-can be configured in /etc/sysconfig/security.
+File and directory permission settings depending on the local security
+settings. The local security setting ("easy", "secure", or "paranoid") can be
+configured in /etc/sysconfig/security.
 
 This package does not contain files, it just requires the necessary packages.
 
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Requires(post): chkstat
 #!BuildIgnore:  group(trusted)
 Requires(pre):  group(trusted)
 Obsoletes:      permissions-doc <= %{suse_version}_%{VERSION_DATE}
+BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description config
 The actual permissions configuration files, /usr/share/permissions/permission.*.