diff --git a/fonts-config b/fonts-config
index a8172e1..b7ba142 100644
--- a/fonts-config
+++ b/fonts-config
@@ -698,7 +698,8 @@ sub mkfont_scale_dir {
 
 # return existing system font dirs; assume all are under /usr/share/fonts
 sub x11_font_dirs {
-  my @blacklist_dirs = ("/usr/share/fonts", 
+  my @blacklist_dirs = ("/usr/share/fonts",
+                        "/usr/share/fonts/encodings",
                         "/usr/share/fonts/encodings/large");
   my @dirs = split(/\n/,`find -L /usr/share/fonts -type d`);
 
diff --git a/fonts-config.changes b/fonts-config.changes
index 2cd495e..7a65c8b 100644
--- a/fonts-config.changes
+++ b/fonts-config.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 12 22:53:10 UTC 2018 - stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de
+
+- Do not create fonts.{dir,scale} in encodings directory
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 23 13:49:51 UTC 2017 - rbrown@suse.com