+=rpm
diff --git a/tools/download_check.rb b/tools/download_check.rb
index c94b3a7..0cb8f84 100755
--- a/tools/download_check.rb
+++ b/tools/download_check.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 $VERSION = nil
 
 # match an artifact
-ARTIFACT_RE = %r{/([^/]+\.(tar|tar\.gz|zip|tgz|tar\.bz2|jar|war|msi|rar))$}
+ARTIFACT_RE = %r{/([^/]+\.(tar|tar\.gz|zip|tgz|tar\.bz2|jar|war|msi|rar|rpm))$}
 
 def init
   # build a list of validation errors