diff --git a/brltty.spec b/brltty.spec
index 24e1da2..924b5e7 100644
--- a/brltty.spec
+++ b/brltty.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 Name: brltty
 Version: %{pkg_version}
-Release: 11%{?dist}
+Release: 12%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL: http://brltty.app/
 Source0: http://brltty.app/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libbrlapi.a
 
 # ghost brlapi.key
 touch ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/brlapi.key
+chmod 0640 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/brlapi.key
 
 # disable xbrlapi gdm autostart, there is already orca
 rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/gdm/greeter/autostart/xbrlapi.desktop
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ fi
 %{_bindir}/xbrlapi
 %{_libdir}/brltty/libbrlttybba.so
 %{_libdir}/libbrlapi.so.*
-%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/brlapi.key
+%ghost %verify(not group) %{_sysconfdir}/brlapi.key
 %doc Drivers/Braille/XWindow/README
 %doc Documents/Manual-BrlAPI/
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/xbrlapi.*
@@ -529,6 +530,9 @@ fi
 %config(noreplace) %verify(not size md5 mtime) %{_sysconfdir}/brltty/Initramfs/cmdline
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 20 2020 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 6.1-12
+- Fixed brlapi.key to pass the RPM verification
+
 * Tue Sep 01 2020 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 6.1-11
 - OCaml 4.11.1 rebuild