diff --git a/autogen.pl b/autogen.pl
index 5af4704f2a1..3cb79025dbf 100755
--- a/autogen.pl
+++ b/autogen.pl
@@ -1643,6 +1643,10 @@ sub replace_config_sub_guess {
     if (! -f "3rd-party/prrte/configure.ac") {
         my_die("Could not find pmix files\n");
     }
+
+    verbose "Patching prrte.spec file\n";
+    system("$patch_prog -N -p0 < ./config/prrte.spec.diff > /dev/null 2>&1");
+
     push(@subdirs, "3rd-party/prrte/");
     $m4 .= "m4_define([package_prrte], [1])\n";
 
diff --git a/config/prrte.spec.diff b/config/prrte.spec.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e8b1a86eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/prrte.spec.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- 3rd-party/prrte/contrib/dist/linux/prrte.spec	2023-10-03 08:12:43.842625000 -0400
++++ 3rd-party/prrte/contrib/dist/linux/prrte.spec	2023-10-03 08:12:27.849686000 -0400
+@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
+ %{shell_scripts_path}/%{shell_scripts_basename}.sh
+ %{shell_scripts_path}/%{shell_scripts_basename}.csh
+ %endif
+-%doc README INSTALL LICENSE
++%doc README.md LICENSE
+ 
+ %else
+ 
+@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@
+ %{shell_scripts_path}/%{shell_scripts_basename}.sh
+ %{shell_scripts_path}/%{shell_scripts_basename}.csh
+ %endif
+-%doc README INSTALL LICENSE
++%doc README.md LICENSE
+ %{_pkgdatadir}
+ 
+ %files devel -f devel.files