diff --git a/gstreamer.spec.in b/gstreamer.spec.in
index e63a9e67c3..91256f5eb3 100644
--- a/gstreamer.spec.in
+++ b/gstreamer.spec.in
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/devhelp/specs
 cp $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}/docs/devhelp/*.devhelp $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/devhelp/specs
 
 %makeinstall
-
+# Clean out files that should not be part of the rpm. 
+# This is the recommended way of dealing with it for RH8
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/gst/*.la
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/gst/*.a
 %clean
 [ -n "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -a "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != / ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
@@ -129,6 +132,7 @@ ln -sf %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-libs %{_datadir}/devhelp/books
 %{_bindir}/gst-md5sum
 %{_bindir}/gst-register
 %{_bindir}/gst-feedback
+%{_bindir}/gst-xmllaunch
 %{_libdir}/libgstreamer-%{version}.so.*
 %{_libdir}/gst/libgstautoplugcache*.so*
 %{_libdir}/gst/libgstautoplugger*.so*
@@ -144,6 +148,8 @@ ln -sf %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-libs %{_datadir}/devhelp/books
 %{_libdir}/gst/libgstgetbits*.so*
 %{_libdir}/gst/libgstputbits*.so*
 %{_libdir}/gst/libgstspider*.so*
+%{_mandir}/man1/gst-feedback.*
+%{_mandir}/man1/gst-xmllaunch.*
 %{_mandir}/man1/gst-complete.*
 %{_mandir}/man1/gst-compprep.*
 %{_mandir}/man1/gst-inspect.*