diff --git a/exim.changes b/exim.changes
index 10ffa11..1fb1952 100644
--- a/exim.changes
+++ b/exim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  2 08:40:29 CET 2020 - wullinger@rz.uni-kiel.de
+
+spec file cleanup to make update work
+- add docdir to spec
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec  9 10:08:02 UTC 2019 - wullinger@rz.uni-kiel.de
 
diff --git a/exim.spec b/exim.spec
index 7c73fdb..24e697b 100644
--- a/exim.spec
+++ b/exim.spec
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ rm -f doc/*.{orig,txt~}
 make
 
 %install
+mkdir -p "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_docdir}/%{name}"
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1220
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}
 %else
@@ -474,6 +475,7 @@ exit 0
 /usr/lib/sendmail
 %{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.exim
 %dir %attr(750,mail,mail) /var/log/exim
+%dir %{_docdir}/%{name}
 
 %files -n eximon
 %defattr(-,root,root)