diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index c457fda36d..79c5a2cc46 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1800,6 +1800,7 @@ fi
     %if %{with_qemu}
 %ghost %dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/run/libvirt/qemu/
 %dir %attr(0750, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/
+%dir %attr(0750, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/
 %dir %attr(0750, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/
 %dir %attr(0750, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/cache/libvirt/qemu/
     %endif