diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 1725e5eb14..4ecb28114c 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ exit 0
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/libvirtd.qemu
 %ghost %dir %{_rundir}/libvirt/qemu/
 %dir %attr(0751, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/
-%dir %attr(0750, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/cache/libvirt/qemu/
+%dir %attr(0750, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/cache/libvirt/qemu/
 %{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/libvirtd_qemu.aug
 %{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_qemu.so