diff --git a/neovim.spec b/neovim.spec
index b5027aa..ef8a4b9 100644
--- a/neovim.spec
+++ b/neovim.spec
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ install -Dm0644 runtime/nvim.png %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/pixmaps/nvim.png
 find %{buildroot}%{_datadir} \( -name \*.bat -o -name \*.awk \) \
     -print -exec chmod -x '{}' \;
 
+# vim/site directories for plugins shared with vim
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/vim/site/{after,after/syntax,autoload,colors,doc,ftdetect,plugin,syntax}
+
 %fdupes %{buildroot}
 %find_lang nvim