diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 66ec070d84..dad97ec56b 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ fi
 
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/
 %dir %attr(0711, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/images/
-%dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/boot/
+%dir %attr(0711, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/boot/
 %dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/cache/libvirt/
 
 %if %{with_qemu}