diff --git a/postfix-bdb.changes b/postfix-bdb.changes
index 9ab5a86..d18ade2 100644
--- a/postfix-bdb.changes
+++ b/postfix-bdb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep  6 09:17:20 UTC 2022 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- own /var/spool/mail (boo#1179574)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug  4 19:09:34 UTC 2022 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/postfix-bdb.spec b/postfix-bdb.spec
index d64fd4b..ab7e8ab 100644
--- a/postfix-bdb.spec
+++ b/postfix-bdb.spec
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{pf_sample_directory}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{pf_html_directory}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/postfix
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/pam.d
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/var/spool/mail
+ln -s spool/mail %{buildroot}/var/mail
 install -m 644 postfix-SUSE/smtp %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/pam.d/smtp
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_fillupdir}
 sed -e 's;@lib@;%{_lib};g' postfix-SUSE/sysconfig.postfix > %{buildroot}%{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.postfix
@@ -551,6 +553,8 @@ fi
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1330
 %{_sysusersdir}/postfix-user.conf
 %endif
+%dir %attr(1777,root,root) /var/spool/mail
+/var/mail
 
 %if %{with lmdb}
 %files lmdb
diff --git a/postfix.changes b/postfix.changes
index 9ab5a86..d18ade2 100644
--- a/postfix.changes
+++ b/postfix.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep  6 09:17:20 UTC 2022 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- own /var/spool/mail (boo#1179574)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug  4 19:09:34 UTC 2022 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/postfix.spec b/postfix.spec
index 3c71365..b6358b4 100644
--- a/postfix.spec
+++ b/postfix.spec
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{pf_sample_directory}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{pf_html_directory}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/%{name}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/pam.d
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/var/spool/mail
+ln -s spool/mail %{buildroot}/var/mail
 install -pm 0644 %{name}-SUSE/smtp %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/pam.d/smtp
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_fillupdir}
 sed -e 's;@lib@;%{_lib};g' %{name}-SUSE/sysconfig.%{name} > %{buildroot}%{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.%{name}
@@ -587,6 +589,8 @@ fi
 %dir %attr(0730,%{name},maildrop) /%{pf_queue_directory}/maildrop
 %dir %attr(0710,%{name},maildrop) /%{pf_queue_directory}/public
 %{_sysusersdir}/postfix-user.conf
+%dir %attr(1777,root,root) /var/spool/mail
+/var/mail
 
 %files devel
 %{_includedir}/%{name}/