diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
index 48aac67..a96d1dc 100644
--- a/build/build.sh
+++ b/build/build.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ VERSION=$(grep -i tunerversion $BUILD_DIR/../mysqltuner.pl | grep = | cut -d\" -
 cd $BUILD_DIR
 perl -pe "s/%VERSION%/$VERSION/g" mysqltuner.spec.tpl > mysqltuner.spec
 mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR/mysqltuner-$VERSION
-cp $BUILD_DIR/../mysqltuner.pl mysqltuner.spec $BUILD_DIR/../LICENSE $BUILD_DIR/mysqltuner-$VERSION
+cp $BUILD_DIR/../mysqltuner.pl mysqltuner.spec $BUILD_DIR/../LICENSE $BUILD_DIR/../basic_passwords.txt $BUILD_DIR/mysqltuner-$VERSION  
 tar czf $BUILD_DIR/mysqltuner-${VERSION}.tgz mysqltuner-$VERSION
 rpmbuild -ta mysqltuner-${VERSION}.tgz 2>/dev/null| grep --color=never '\.rpm' | cut -d: -f2 > ./lrpm.txt
 mv $(cat ./lrpm.txt) .
diff --git a/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5-1.noarch.rpm b/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5-1.noarch.rpm
index 294be7e..3e8f9ba 100644
Binary files a/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5-1.noarch.rpm and b/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5-1.noarch.rpm differ
diff --git a/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5-1.src.rpm b/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5-1.src.rpm
index 02b3279..0b7e275 100644
Binary files a/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5-1.src.rpm and b/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5-1.src.rpm differ
diff --git a/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5.tgz b/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5.tgz
index d4bc3aa..e3ea0a5 100644
Binary files a/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5.tgz and b/build/mysqltuner-1.4.5.tgz differ
diff --git a/build/mysqltuner.spec b/build/mysqltuner.spec
index 8132561..63f024a 100644
--- a/build/mysqltuner.spec
+++ b/build/mysqltuner.spec
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ Montgomery's MySQL tuning primer script.
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sbindir}
+install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datarootdir}
 install -p %{name}.pl $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sbindir}/%{name}
 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datarootdir}/%{name}
-install -p LICENSE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sbindir}/%{name}
+install -p LICENSE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datarootdir}/%{name}
+install -p basic_passwords.txt $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datarootdir}/%{name}
 
 
 %clean
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(644,root,root,755)
-%doc LICENSE
+%doc %{_datarootdir}/%{name}
 %attr(755,root,root) %{_sbindir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/build/mysqltuner.spec.tpl b/build/mysqltuner.spec.tpl
index d4b3ecc..811fe88 100644
--- a/build/mysqltuner.spec.tpl
+++ b/build/mysqltuner.spec.tpl
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ Montgomery's MySQL tuning primer script.
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sbindir}
+install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datarootdir}
 install -p %{name}.pl $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sbindir}/%{name}
 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datarootdir}/%{name}
-install -p LICENSE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sbindir}/%{name}
+install -p LICENSE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datarootdir}/%{name}
+install -p basic_passwords.txt $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datarootdir}/%{name}
 
 
 %clean
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(644,root,root,755)
-%doc LICENSE
+%doc %{_datarootdir}/%{name}
 %attr(755,root,root) %{_sbindir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/mysqltuner.pl b/mysqltuner.pl
index ba76dfa..8445b95 100755
--- a/mysqltuner.pl
+++ b/mysqltuner.pl
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ sub usage {
 my $devnull = File::Spec->devnull();
 my $basic_password_files=($opt{passwordfile} eq "0")? abs_path(dirname(__FILE__))."/basic_passwords.txt" : abs_path($opt{passwordfile}) ;
 
+# for RPM distributions
+$basic_password_files="/usr/share/mysqltuner/basic_passwords.txt" unless -f "$basic_password_files";
+
 # 
 my $reportfile=undef;
 $reportfile=abs_path($opt{reportfile}) unless $opt{reportfile} eq "0";