diff --git a/devops/rpmbuild/Makefile b/devops/rpmbuild/Makefile
index 459f0a6e3..d429242d5 100644
--- a/devops/rpmbuild/Makefile
+++ b/devops/rpmbuild/Makefile
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ build-trackomatron: git-branch
 	go get -d -u go github.com/tendermint/trackomatron || echo "Workaround so there is no error message."
 	cd $(GOPATH)/src/github.com/tendermint/trackomatron && git checkout "$(GIT_BRANCH)" && git pull
 	$(MAKE) -C $(GOPATH)/src/github.com/tendermint/trackomatron get_vendor_deps install
+	@echo "Workaround: trackomatron package has tracko as the binary - trackomatron needed to get the version number" && rm -rf $(GOPATH)/bin/trackomatron && ln -s $(GOPATH)/bin/tracko $(GOPATH)/bin/trackomatron
 	@echo "*** Built trackomatron"
 
 version-%: $(GOPATH)/bin/%