diff --git a/package/rpm/veilid-server/earthly_make_veilid_server_rpm.sh b/package/rpm/veilid-server/earthly_make_veilid_server_rpm.sh
index a7d1547b..48f941c3 100755
--- a/package/rpm/veilid-server/earthly_make_veilid_server_rpm.sh
+++ b/package/rpm/veilid-server/earthly_make_veilid_server_rpm.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ cp -rf /veilid/package/rpm/veilid-server/veilid-server.spec /root/rpmbuild/SPECS
 /veilid/package/replace_variable.sh /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/veilid-server.spec CARGO_VERSION $CARGO_VERSION 
 /veilid/package/replace_variable.sh /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/veilid-server.spec ARCH $ARCH
 /veilid/package/replace_variable.sh /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/veilid-server.spec CARGO_ARCH $CARGO_ARCH
+
+# build the rpm
+rpmbuild --target "x86_64" -bb /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/veilid-server.spec
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