diff --git a/maxscale.spec b/maxscale.spec
index a1e5b9672..07a14966a 100644
--- a/maxscale.spec
+++ b/maxscale.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ ln -s /lib64/libaio.so.1 /lib64/libaio.so
 /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %install
+mkdir -p  /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{install_path}
 cp -r binaries/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{install_path}
 cp maxscale.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
@@ -44,5 +45,6 @@ cp maxscale.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{install_path}
+/etc/ld.so.conf.d/maxscale.conf
 
 %changelog