diff --git a/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec b/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec
index b4c00dff..6daf7b72 100644
--- a/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec
+++ b/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fi
 
 %files
 %defattr(-, root, root)
-%attr(700, %{lam_uid}, %{lam_gid}) /var/lib/%{lam_dir}
+%dir %attr(700, %{lam_uid}, %{lam_gid}) /var/lib/%{lam_dir}
 %doc COPYING HISTORY README VERSION docs/*
 %attr(-, %{lam_uid}, %{lam_gid}) /var/lib/%{lam_dir}/sess
 %attr(-, %{lam_uid}, %{lam_gid}) /var/lib/%{lam_dir}/tmp