diff --git a/widelands.spec b/widelands.spec
index 2dc3e69..dc61db6 100644
--- a/widelands.spec
+++ b/widelands.spec
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %files data -f %{name}.lang
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}
+%dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/locale
 # skip locale subdir, included in .lang file
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/[^l]*