diff --git a/maliit-framework.spec b/maliit-framework.spec
index f86cb2e..78b0557 100644
--- a/maliit-framework.spec
+++ b/maliit-framework.spec
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ make install INSTALL="install -p" INSTALL_ROOT=%{buildroot} DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 find %{buildroot} -name '.moc' -exec rm -rf {} ';'
 find %{buildroot} -name '.gitignore' -exec rm -rf {} ';'
 
+# e.g. maliit-plugins package stores files in there
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/maliit
+
 # move installed docs to include them in subpackage via %%doc magic
 rm -rf __tmp_doc ; mkdir __tmp_doc
 mv ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_docdir}/%{name}/* __tmp_doc
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ fi
 %dir %{_libdir}/maliit/plugins/factories
 %{_libdir}/maliit/plugins/factories/libmaliit-plugins-quick-factory.so
 %{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/Maliit-1.0.typelib
+%{_datadir}/maliit/
 %{_datadir}/dbus-1/services/org.maliit.server.service
 
 %files qt4