diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 76ac9ef39..74b548892 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -317,8 +317,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
 
-      - name: Install pacman build dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libarchive-tools
+      - name: Install pacman and rpm build dependencies
+        # libarchive-tools -> bsdtar, for the pacman target. rpm -> rpmbuild,
+        # which electron-builder shells out to for the rpm target; without it
+        # the Linux build fails at the packaging step, not at config parse.
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libarchive-tools rpm
 
       - name: Stage whisper-stt binaries
         shell: bash
@@ -338,6 +341,7 @@ jobs:
             release/**/*.zsync
             release/**/*.deb
             release/**/*.pacman
+            release/**/*.rpm
           if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 30
 
diff --git a/electron-builder.json5 b/electron-builder.json5
index b12185877..23abd1f19 100644
--- a/electron-builder.json5
+++ b/electron-builder.json5
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@
     "target": [
       "AppImage",
       "deb",
-      "pacman"
+      "pacman",
+      "rpm"
     ],
     "icon": "icons/icons/png",
     "artifactName": "${productName}-Linux-${version}.${ext}",