diff --git a/rust.spec b/rust.spec
index ff364ee..acb0ca3 100644
--- a/rust.spec
+++ b/rust.spec
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ sed -e '/*\//q' src/libbacktrace/backtrace.h \
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
+# The SLES-12 macros don't appear to take ownership of this directory?
+%if 0%{?sle_version} <= 120300
+%dir %{_datadir}/licenses
+%endif
 %license COPYRIGHT LICENSE-APACHE LICENSE-MIT
 %license src/libbacktrace/LICENSE-libbacktrace
 %license src/rt/hoedown/LICENSE-hoedown
@@ -210,6 +214,9 @@ sed -e '/*\//q' src/libbacktrace/backtrace.h \
 
 %files doc
 %defattr(-,root,root)
+%if 0%{?sle_version} <= 120300
+%dir %{_datadir}/licenses
+%endif
 %license %{_docdir}/%{name}/html/FiraSans-LICENSE.txt
 %license %{_docdir}/%{name}/html/Heuristica-LICENSE.txt
 %license %{_docdir}/%{name}/html/LICENSE-APACHE.txt