diff --git a/aerc.spec b/aerc.spec
index 384737d..7cc8b30 100644
--- a/aerc.spec
+++ b/aerc.spec
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ sed -i 's|#!/usr/bin/env python3|#!/usr/bin/python3|' \
 %{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %{_bindir}/carddav-query
+%dir %{_libexecdir}
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}
 %{_mandir}/man*/aerc*%{?ext_man}
 %{_mandir}/man1/carddav-query.1%{?ext_man}