diff --git a/libxml2.spec b/libxml2.spec
index 25e0b1c..ecfc17a 100644
--- a/libxml2.spec
+++ b/libxml2.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 %define base_name  libxml2
 %define libname    libxml2-2
 %define flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%nil
+%define ext_man .gz
 %if "%{flavor}" == "python"
 %define dash -
 %define buildpython 1