diff --git a/slurm.spec.in b/slurm.spec.in
index 6460c33a907ae6fd8a7826a4e9805b29613c63f7..e6678dba2a411fad7f292b714e7cc4ae159d4282 100644
--- a/slurm.spec.in
+++ b/slurm.spec.in
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc DISCLAIMER
 %doc COPYING
 %doc etc/slurm.conf.example
+%dir doc/html
 %doc doc/html/*
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_sbindir}/*