diff --git a/c-ares.spec b/c-ares.spec
index 4070c0d..86c7b1c 100644
--- a/c-ares.spec
+++ b/c-ares.spec
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
+%global use_cmake 1
+
 Summary: A library that performs asynchronous DNS operations
 Name: c-ares
 Version: 1.15.0
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 URL: http://c-ares.haxx.se/
 Source0: http://c-ares.haxx.se/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # The license can be obtained at http://c-ares.haxx.se/license.html
 Source1: LICENSE
 Patch0: 0001-Use-RPM-compiler-options.patch
-
-
+%if %{use_cmake}
+BuildRequires: cmake
+%else
 BuildRequires: autoconf
 BuildRequires: automake
 BuildRequires: libtool
+%endif
 
 %description
 c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves 
@@ -36,9 +40,16 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} .
 f=CHANGES ; iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 $f -o $f.utf8 ; mv $f.utf8 $f
 
 %build
+# autoreconf -if
+# %%configure --enable-shared --disable-static \
+#            --disable-dependency-tracking
+%if %{use_cmake}
+%{cmake} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:PATH="%{_libdir}" -DCARES_BUILD_TOOLS:BOOL=OFF .
+%else
 autoreconf -if
 %configure --enable-shared --disable-static \
            --disable-dependency-tracking
+%endif
 %{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
@@ -46,6 +57,14 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libcares.la
 
+%if %{use_cmake}
+# When we used autotooling, we got man pages installed automagically
+# but no cmake helpers were generated.
+# Now, we use cmake, so we have to copy the man pages manually.
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man3
+cp -a ares_*.3 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man3/
+%endif
+
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
 
 %files
@@ -59,10 +78,16 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libcares.la
 %{_includedir}/ares_rules.h
 %{_includedir}/ares_version.h
 %{_libdir}/*.so
+%if %{use_cmake}
+%{_libdir}/cmake/c-ares/
+%endif
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libcares.pc
 %{_mandir}/man3/ares_*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 12 2019 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.15.0-3
+- use cmake to build so we get cmake helpers (bz1687844)
+
 * Thu Jan 31 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.15.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild