diff --git a/gdal.spec b/gdal.spec
index 738ac1b..9f62896 100644
--- a/gdal.spec
+++ b/gdal.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:      gdal
 Version:   1.4.0
-Release:   11%{?dist}
+Release:   12%{?dist}
 Summary:   GIS file format library
 Group:     System Environment/Libraries
 License:   MIT
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ BuildRequires: proj-devel geos-devel netcdf-devel hdf5-devel ogdi-devel
 BuildRequires: jasper-devel cfitsio-devel hdf-devel libdap-devel librx-devel
 BuildRequires: python-devel >= 2.4 xerces-c-devel
 
-%if "%{?dist}" == "fc7"
+%if "%{?dist}" == ".fc7"
 BuildRequires: perl-devel >= 5.8 
 %elsif
 BuildRequires: perl
 %endif
 
-
 %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")
 
 %description
@@ -263,8 +262,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{perl_vendorarch}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 14 2007 Balint Cristian <cbalint@redhat.com> 1.4.0-12
+- add missing dot from dist string in specfile
+
 * Wed Mar 14 2007 Balint Cristian <cbalint@redhat.com> 1.4.0-11
-* fix fc6 fc5 builds
+- fix fc6 fc5 builds
 
 * Thu Mar 1 2007 Balint Cristian <cbalint@redhat.com> 1.4.0-10
 - fix mock build