diff --git a/lib/fpm/package/rpm.rb b/lib/fpm/package/rpm.rb
index 238d47568..6ab939f32 100644
--- a/lib/fpm/package/rpm.rb
+++ b/lib/fpm/package/rpm.rb
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ class FPM::Package::RPM < FPM::Package
   # If and only if any of the above are done, then also replace ' with \', " with \", and \ with \\\\
   #   to accommodate escape and quote processing that rpm will perform in that case (but not otherwise)
   def rpm_fix_name(name)
-    if name.match?(/[ \t*?%$\[\]]/)
-      name = name.gsub(/(\ |\t|\[|\]|\*|\?|\%|\$|'|"|\\)/, {
+    if name.match?(/[ \t*?%${}\[\]]/)
+      name = name.gsub(/(\ |\t|\[|\]|\*|\?|\%|\$|'|"|\{|\}|\\)/, {
         ' '  => '?',
         "\t" => '?',
         '%'  => '[%]',
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ def rpm_fix_name(name)
         '*'  => '[*]',
         '['  => '[\[]',
         ']'  => '[\]]',
+        '{'  => '[\{]',
+        '}'  => '[\}]',
         '"'  => '\\"',
         "'"  => "\\'",
         '\\' => '\\\\\\\\',
diff --git a/spec/fpm/package/rpm_spec.rb b/spec/fpm/package/rpm_spec.rb
index 015a801f4..bc43013b2 100644
--- a/spec/fpm/package/rpm_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/fpm/package/rpm_spec.rb
@@ -569,6 +569,15 @@ def subject.render_template; @rpmspec = template("rpm.erb").result(binding); end
       insist { rpm.files } == [ "/example/%name%" ]
     end
 
+    it "should escape '{' and '}' characters in filenames" do
+      Dir.mkdir(subject.staging_path("/example"))
+      File.write(subject.staging_path("/example/{{ test }}"), "Hello")
+      subject.output(@target)
+
+      rpm = ::RPM::File.new(@target)
+      insist { rpm.files } == [ "/example/{{ test }}" ]
+    end
+
     it "should correctly include files with spaces and quotation marks" do
       names = [
         "/It's time to go.txt",