diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 262cfed044..261f34c3be 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1001,6 +1001,7 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/sysctl.d/libvirtd
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/run/libvirt/
 
 %dir %attr(0711, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/images/
+%dir %attr(0711, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/filesystems/
 %dir %attr(0711, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/boot/
 %dir %attr(0711, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/cache/libvirt/
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 5cbe1acdeb..c36664b7e3 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1522,6 +1522,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += $(SECURITY_DRIVER_APPARMOR_HELPER_SOURCES)
 install-data-local:
 	$(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/cache/libvirt"
 	$(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/images"
+	$(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/filesystems"
 	$(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/boot"
 if HAVE_SANLOCK
 	$(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/sanlock"
@@ -1567,6 +1568,7 @@ endif
 uninstall-local::
 	rmdir "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/cache/libvirt" ||:
 	rmdir "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/images" ||:
+	rmdir "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/filesystems" ||:
 	rmdir "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/boot" ||:
 if HAVE_SANLOCK
 	rmdir "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/sanlock" ||: