diff --git a/readline.spec b/readline.spec
index c15b6100453e02899a49fe58063ca86a897a369e..ab53eeea335bf752837e361c5b66f7f150c51420 100644
--- a/readline.spec
+++ b/readline.spec
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ rm -vf %{buildroot}%{_infodir}/dir*
 
 %files
 %license COPYING USAGE
+%dir %{abidir}
 %{_libdir}/libreadline.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libhistory.so.*
 %{abidir}/libreadline.dump