diff --git a/check_postgres.spec b/check_postgres.spec
index 6916e8a..6658487 100644
--- a/check_postgres.spec
+++ b/check_postgres.spec
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1
 perl %{SOURCE2} "%{version}" "1" check_postgres.pl > %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1/check_postgres.pl.1
 
 %files -f %{name}.files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc MANIFEST README* TODO nagios-commands-postgres.cfg check_postgres.pl.html
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1315
 %license LICENSE
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ perl %{SOURCE2} "%{version}" "1" check_postgres.pl > %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man
 %{_mandir}/man1/check_postgres.pl.1*
 
 %files -n monitoring-plugins-postgres
+%defattr(-,root,root)
 # avoid build dependecy of nagios - own the dirs
 %dir %{nagios_libdir}
 %dir %{nagios_plugindir}