diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index f297b9f..7749510 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -997,7 +997,17 @@ rm -rf git-hooks */git-hooks
 # This is normally done by %%autosetup -S git_am,
 # but that does not work with multiple -b options, so we use plain %%setup above
 %global __scm git_am
-%__scm_setup_git_am
+
+%{__git} init
+%{__git} config user.name rpm-build
+%{__git} config user.email '<rpm-build>'
+%{__git} config gc.auto 0
+%{__git} add --force [A-Z]*
+%{__git} commit --allow-empty -a --author 'rpm-build <rpm-build>' -m "%{NAME}-%{VERSION} base"
+%{__git} add --force [a-n]*
+%{__git} commit --allow-empty -a --author 'rpm-build <rpm-build>' -m "%{NAME}-%{VERSION} base"
+%{__git} add --force [o-z]*
+%{__git} commit --allow-empty -a --author 'rpm-build <rpm-build>' -m "%{NAME}-%{VERSION} base"
 
 #Customize Palette to add Red Hat colours
 (head -n -1 extras/source/palettes/standard.soc && \