diff --git a/.packit.yaml b/.packit.yaml
index e2f743057..4ad646476 100644
--- a/.packit.yaml
+++ b/.packit.yaml
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ jobs:
     trigger: release
     dist_git_branches:
       - fedora-all
+    files_to_sync:
+      - src: contrib/packaging/bootc.spec
+        dest: bootc.spec
+      - src: contrib/packaging/bootc.rpmlintrc
+        dest: bootc.rpmlintrc
+      - .packit.yaml
 
   - job: koji_build
     trigger: commit
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/bootc.rpmlintrc b/contrib/packaging/bootc.rpmlintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..291607e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/packaging/bootc.rpmlintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# "Bootable" is a legitimate term here
+addFilter(r"spelling-error .*Bootable")
+
+# These point into /sysroot, which only exists on a booted bootc system
+addFilter(r"dangling-relative-symlink /usr/lib/bootc/storage ")
+addFilter(r"dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/doc/bootc/baseimage/base/ostree ")
+
+# A made up provides so that rpm-ostree can depend on it
+addFilter(r"unversioned-explicit-provides ostree-cli\(ostree-container\)")
+
+# Placeholder to preserve an otherwise empty directory,
+# see https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/issues/5420
+addFilter(r"hidden-file-or-dir /usr/share/doc/bootc/baseimage/base/sysroot/\.keepdir")
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/bootc.spec b/contrib/packaging/bootc.spec
index 164dd6ee8..0c066385a 100644
--- a/contrib/packaging/bootc.spec
+++ b/contrib/packaging/bootc.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     %bcond_with rhel9
 %endif
 
-%global rust_minor %(rustc --version | cut -f2 -d" " | cut -f2 -d".")
+%global rust_minor %(rustc --version 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d" " | cut -f2 -d".")
 
 # https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc/issues/1640
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 10 || 0%{?rust_minor} >= 89
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ Recommends: podman
 # The reinstall subpackage intentionally does not require bootc, as it pulls in many unnecessary dependencies
 
 %description -n system-reinstall-bootc
-This package provides a utility to simplify reinstalling the current system to a given bootc image.
+This package provides a utility to simplify reinstalling the current system
+to a given bootc image.
 
 %if %{with tests}
 %package tests
@@ -123,8 +124,8 @@ cat vendor-config.toml >> .cargo/config.toml
 rm vendor-config.toml
 %else
 # Container build: source already at _builddir (/src), nothing to extract
-# RPM's %mkbuilddir creates a subdirectory; symlink it back to the source.
-# F45+ RPM also creates rpmbuild.env in the subdir that %build will source,
+# RPM's %%mkbuilddir creates a subdirectory; symlink it back to the source.
+# F45+ RPM also creates rpmbuild.env in the subdir that %%build will source,
 # so preserve it before replacing the directory with a symlink.
 cd ..
 if [ -f %{name}-%{version}-build/rpmbuild.env ]; then
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ EOF
 chmod +x %{?buildroot}/%{system_reinstall_bootc_install_podman_path}
 # generate doc file list excluding directories; workaround for
 # https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/issues/5420
-touch %{?buildroot}/%{_docdir}/bootc/baseimage/base/sysroot/.keepdir
+echo "Placeholder to preserve this directory, see https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/issues/5420" > %{?buildroot}/%{_docdir}/bootc/baseimage/base/sysroot/.keepdir
 find %{?buildroot}/%{_docdir} ! -type d -printf '%{_docdir}/%%P\n' | sort > bootcdoclist.txt
 
 rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/elvish/lib/bootc.elv
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ fi
 %endif
 %{_unitdir}/*
 %{_mandir}/man*/*bootc*
+%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/system-reinstall-bootc.8*
 %if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 9
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/bootc
 %{_datadir}/zsh/site-functions/_bootc
@@ -226,6 +228,7 @@ fi
 %files -n system-reinstall-bootc
 %{_bindir}/system-reinstall-bootc
 %{system_reinstall_bootc_install_podman_path}
+%{_mandir}/man8/system-reinstall-bootc.8*
 
 %if %{with tests}
 %files tests