diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 58c2fafac6..ce82def2af 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1683,6 +1683,7 @@ exit 0
 
 %ghost %dir %{_rundir}/libvirt/
 
+%dir %attr(0755, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/
 %dir %attr(0711, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/images/
 %dir %attr(0711, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/filesystems/
 %dir %attr(0711, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/boot/
@@ -2026,7 +2027,6 @@ exit 0
 %{_libdir}/libvirt-admin.so.*
 %dir %{_datadir}/libvirt/
 %dir %{_datadir}/libvirt/schemas/
-%dir %attr(0755, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/
 
 %{_datadir}/systemtap/tapset/libvirt_probes*.stp
 %{_datadir}/systemtap/tapset/libvirt_functions.stp