diff --git a/virtiofsd.changes b/virtiofsd.changes
index 1f89119..7820ccd 100644
--- a/virtiofsd.changes
+++ b/virtiofsd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar  7 14:03:20 UTC 2024 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Fix libexecdir move: rpm cannot replace a directory with a single
+  file on upgrades -- boo#1220592
+  * Add pre scriptlet removing the directory on Tumbleweed during
+    upgrades
+  * Don't own plain %_libexecdir on Tumbleweed
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 28 15:08:19 UTC 2024 - Caleb Crane <caleb.crane@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/virtiofsd.spec b/virtiofsd.spec
index 586aa1d..1a2fbc2 100644
--- a/virtiofsd.spec
+++ b/virtiofsd.spec
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 #
 
 
-%define _virtiofsd_dir %{_libexecdir}
-%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1500
-   %define _virtiofsd_dir %{_libexecdir}/%{name}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
+  %define _virtiofsd_libexecdir %{_libexecdir}
+%else
+  %define _virtiofsd_libexecdir %{_libexecdir}/%{name}
 %endif
 
 Name:           virtiofsd
@@ -47,23 +48,28 @@ mkdir .cargo
 cp %{SOURCE2} .cargo/config
 # Adjust libvirt/virtiofsd interop config file to handle differences in
 # the definition of libexecdir macro on SLE and Tumbleweed (bsc#1219772)
-sed -i 's#@@LIBEXECDIR@@#%{_virtiofsd_dir}#' %{SOURCE3}
+sed -i 's#@@LIBEXECDIR@@#%{_virtiofsd_libexecdir}#' %{SOURCE3}
 
 %build
 %{cargo_build}
 
 %install
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_virtiofsd_dir}
-install -D -p -m 0755 %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/target/release/virtiofsd %{buildroot}%{_virtiofsd_dir}/virtiofsd
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_virtiofsd_libexecdir}
+install -D -p -m 0755 %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/target/release/virtiofsd %{buildroot}%{_virtiofsd_libexecdir}/virtiofsd
 install -D -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/qemu/vhost-user/50-virtiofsd.json
 
 %check
 %{cargo_test}
 
+%if  0%{?suse_version} > 1500
+# transition from old subdirectory to single file: rpm can't replace a directory on upgrades, force delete
+%pre
+[ ! -d %{_libexecdir}/%{name} ] || rm -r %{_libexecdir}/%{name}
+%endif
+
 %files
 %doc README.md
-%dir %{_virtiofsd_dir}
-%{_virtiofsd_dir}/virtiofsd
+%{_libexecdir}/virtiofsd
 %dir %{_datadir}/qemu
 %dir %{_datadir}/qemu/vhost-user
 %{_datadir}/qemu/vhost-user/50-virtiofsd.json