Index: src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm/RPMHelper.java
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--- src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm/RPMHelper.java	(revision 17832)
+++ src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm/RPMHelper.java	(working copy)
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import java.io.File;
-
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineUtils.StringStreamConsumer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.Commandline;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.StreamConsumer;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineUtils.StringStreamConsumer;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 /**
  * Utility to interact with rpm and rpmbuild commands.
  * 
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@
         cl.setExecutable( "rpmbuild" );
         cl.setWorkingDirectory( f.getAbsolutePath() );
         cl.createArg().setValue( "-bb" );
+	    cl.createArg().setValue( "--target" );
+	    cl.createArg().setValue( mojo.getTargetArch() + '-' + mojo.getTargetVendor() + '-' + mojo.getTargetOS() );
         cl.createArg().setValue( "--buildroot" );
         cl.createArg().setValue( mojo.getRPMBuildroot().getAbsolutePath() );
         cl.createArg().setValue( "--define" );
         cl.createArg().setValue( "_topdir " + workarea.getAbsolutePath() );
-        cl.createArg().setValue( "--target" );
-        cl.createArg().setValue( mojo.getTargetArch() + '-' + mojo.getTargetVendor() + '-' + mojo.getTargetOS() );
 
         // maintain passive behavior for keyPassphrase not being present
         final String keyname = mojo.getKeyname();