diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 88aca0e..e216a9b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Changes in version 1.8.2
   * templates/kde4 - Davide Madrisan:
     Minor updates.
 
+  * Makefile - Davide Madrisan:
+    Provide a 'dist-rpm-install' target to install the rpm packages by a simple
+    'make dist-rpm-install' command.
+
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 Changes in version 1.8.1 - Christmas Release
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cbc5b9e..6ce2797 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Makefile for autospec
-# Copyright (C) 2004-2008 by Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2008,2011 by Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>
 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 # the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ dist-rpm: dist $(PACKAGE).spec
 	 rpmbuild --clean -ba $$rpm_specdir/$(PACKAGE).spec) || exit 1
 	@echo "All done. Enjoy using $(PACKAGE)..."
 
+dist-rpm-install: dist-rpm
+	@echo "Installing rpm packages..."
+	@rpm_pckdir=`rpm --eval=%{_rpmdir} 2>/dev/null`;\
+	sudo rpm -hUv --force\
+	   $$rpm_pckdir/noarch/$(PACKAGE)-*${VERSION}-${RELEASE}.noarch.rpm\
+	   || exit 1
+
 clean: mostlyclean
 	rm -f history/$(dist_archive)