diff --git a/directory.list b/directory.list
index 6ce018d..d034ed4 100644
--- a/directory.list
+++ b/directory.list
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
 0755 root root /usr/share/help
 0755 root root /usr/share/help/C
 0755 root root /usr/share/locale
+0755 root root /usr/share/licenses
 0755 root root /usr/share/man
 0755 root root /usr/share/man/man1
 0755 root root /usr/share/man/man2
diff --git a/filesystem.changes b/filesystem.changes
index ac8c88f..3067ae7 100644
--- a/filesystem.changes
+++ b/filesystem.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 25 16:08:03 UTC 2015 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- own /usr/share/licenses to support %license tags in rpm, see
+  http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.11.0
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug  7 08:25:43 UTC 2015 - dimstar@opensuse.org