diff --git a/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake b/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake
index 52fdc91c4..f61ec0fa6 100644
--- a/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake
@@ -876,6 +876,13 @@ if(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_DEBUG)
    message("CPackRPM:Debug: CPACK_TEMPORARY_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME = ${CPACK_TEMPORARY_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}")
 endif()
 
+# protect @ in pathname in order to avoid their
+# interpretation during the configure_file step
+set(CPACK_RPM_INSTALL_FILES_LIST "${CPACK_RPM_INSTALL_FILES}")
+set(PROTECTED_AT "@")
+string(REPLACE "@" "\@PROTECTED_AT\@" CPACK_RPM_INSTALL_FILES "${CPACK_RPM_INSTALL_FILES_LIST}")
+set(CPACK_RPM_INSTALL_FILES_LIST "")
+
 #
 # USER generated/provided spec file handling.
 #
@@ -982,6 +989,9 @@ else()
   configure_file(${CPACK_RPM_BINARY_SPECFILE}.in ${CPACK_RPM_BINARY_SPECFILE} @ONLY)
 endif()
 
+# remove AT protection
+unset(PROTECTED_AT)
+
 if(RPMBUILD_EXECUTABLE)
   # Now call rpmbuild using the SPECFILE
   execute_process(