diff --git a/tinyows.spec b/tinyows.spec
index e7d479f..fccbdcf 100644
--- a/tinyows.spec
+++ b/tinyows.spec
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ sed -i -e 's|HTML_FOOTER|HTML_FOOTER=no_date_footer.html\n\#|g' doc/Doxyfile
 make doxygen
 
 %install
-
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 install -p -m 0755 tinyows %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
@@ -83,6 +82,10 @@ install -p -m 0644 ms4w/apps/tinyows-svn/config.xml %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%
 
 ln -s --relative %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/config.xml %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/
 
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}
+cp -a doc/doxygen %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/
+hardlink --ignore-time --reflink=never %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/
+
 # NOTE(neil): 2024-08-25 tests require a postgres database running; unable to run in check
 # https://github.com/MapServer/tinyows/blob/f1dc7bc86fc4d69faddd79ed2804d98c11802ba8/.github/workflows/linux.sh#L19-L22
 %dnl %check
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ ln -s --relative %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/config.xml %{buildroot}%{_da
 
 %files doc
 %doc README.md VERSION.md
-%doc doc/doxygen
+%doc %{_pkgdocdir}/doxygen
 
 %changelog
 %autochangelog