diff --git a/icinga2.spec b/icinga2.spec
index 01ca12ddd44464534cdbef62e94d52f00593d98c..9f24ca2c9a4cfa77f5a946de41379a26714e6fcd 100644
--- a/icinga2.spec
+++ b/icinga2.spec
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ fi
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/prepare-dirs
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/safe-reload
 
-%attr(0750,root,%{icinga_group}) %dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}
+%attr(0750,%{icinga_user},%{icinga_group}) %dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}
 %attr(0750,%{icinga_user},%{icinga_group}) %dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/conf.d
 %attr(0750,%{icinga_user},%{icinga_group}) %dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/features-available
 %exclude %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/features-available/ido-*.conf