diff --git a/cgit.spec b/cgit.spec
index ced9e6f..dcf72d7 100644
--- a/cgit.spec
+++ b/cgit.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 %global scriptdir   %{_localstatedir}/www/cgi-bin
 %global cgitdata    %{_datadir}/%{name}
 %global httpdconfd  %{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d
+%global gitrepodir  %{_localstatedir}/lib/git
 
 # GPG signing key fingerprints
 %global gpg_cgit    AB9942E6D4A4CFC3412620A749FC7012A5DE03AE
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ highlight --print-style --style-outfile=stdout >> cgit.css
 
 %install
 %make_install install install-man
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{cachedir}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{cachedir} %{buildroot}%{gitrepodir}
 install -Dp -m0644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/cgitrc
 install -Dp -m0644 httpd.conf %{buildroot}%{httpdconfd}/%{name}.conf
 
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ make test
 %{?el7:%exclude %{filterdir}/*.py[co]}
 %{scriptdir}/%{name}
 %{_mandir}/man*/*
+%dir %{gitrepodir}
 
 
 %changelog
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ make test
 - simplify install commands
 - improve httpd config file creation
 - explicitly list the cgit cgi-bin script
+- create /var/lib/git to improve SELinux compatibility
 
 * Wed Jul 21 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.3-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild