diff --git a/python-pybind11.changes b/python-pybind11.changes
index 088a5fc..5fc88d2 100644
--- a/python-pybind11.changes
+++ b/python-pybind11.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 14 21:02:16 UTC 2022 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Work around long standing rpm-directory-to-symlink-bug
+  * https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Directory_Replacement/
+  * rh#447156
+  * use shell instead of lua for pretrans scriptlet
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 11 00:15:11 UTC 2022 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-pybind11.spec b/python-pybind11.spec
index d7dd8ab..fddbc87 100644
--- a/python-pybind11.spec
+++ b/python-pybind11.spec
@@ -137,6 +137,16 @@ ignore_tests="$ignore_tests --ignore tests/extra_python_package/test_files.py"
 %pytest $ignore_tests
 %endif
 
+%pretrans devel
+# https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Directory_Replacement/
+# rh#447156
+# Do not bother with .rpmmoved suffix. This is a system controlled namespace,
+for path in "%{python_sitelib}/pybind11/share/cmake" "%{python_sitelib}/pybind11/include"; do
+  if [ -d "$path" -a ! -L "$path" ]; then
+    rm -r "$path"
+  fi
+done
+
 %pre
 # If libalternatives is used: Removing old update-alternatives entries.
 %python_libalternatives_reset_alternative pybind11-config
@@ -153,6 +163,8 @@ ignore_tests="$ignore_tests --ignore tests/extra_python_package/test_files.py"
 %license LICENSE
 %python_alternative %{_bindir}/pybind11-config
 %{python_sitelib}/pybind11
+%exclude %{python_sitelib}/pybind11/share/cmake
+%exclude %{python_sitelib}/pybind11/include
 %{python_sitelib}/pybind11-%{version}*-info
 
 %files -n %{name}-common-devel
@@ -162,6 +174,8 @@ ignore_tests="$ignore_tests --ignore tests/extra_python_package/test_files.py"
 
 %files %{python_files devel}
 %license LICENSE
+%{python_sitelib}/pybind11/share/cmake
+%{python_sitelib}/pybind11/include
 %endif
 
 %changelog