diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 970d2742ac..dc69920d75 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ exit 0
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/qemu.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/qemu-lockd.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/libvirtd.qemu
-%ghost %dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/run/libvirt/qemu/
+%ghost %dir %{_localstatedir}/run/libvirt/qemu/
 %dir %attr(0751, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/
 %dir %attr(0750, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/cache/libvirt/qemu/
 %{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/libvirtd_qemu.aug