diff --git a/dovecot.changes b/dovecot.changes
index c0ca003..508d837 100644
--- a/dovecot.changes
+++ b/dovecot.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 10 10:13:49 UTC 2014 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- make the /etc/dovecot handling consistent between dovecot and
+  dovecotXY. both now use:
+  %dir /etc/dovecot
+  %ghost %config(noreplace) /etc/dovecot/*
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep  8 23:16:05 UTC 2014 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/dovecot.spec b/dovecot.spec
index 4616984..d4a7b48 100644
--- a/dovecot.spec
+++ b/dovecot.spec
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ systemd-tmpfiles --create /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/dovecot.conf || true
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc %{_datadir}/doc/packages/dovecot/
 # conf
-%ghost %config(noreplace) /etc/dovecot/
+%dir /etc/dovecot/
+%ghost %config(noreplace) /etc/dovecot/*
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/pam.d/%{name}
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.d/services/%{name}
 %{_sbindir}/rc%{name}