diff --git a/rootfiles.conf b/rootfiles.conf
index c0ba135..d4da612 100644
--- a/rootfiles.conf
+++ b/rootfiles.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 # create initial /root directories shell content
-C+ /root/ 644 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/
+C /root/.bash_logout   644 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.bash_logout
+C /root/.bash_profile  644 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.bash_profile
+C /root/.bashrc        644 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.bashrc
+C /root/.cshrc         644 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.cshrc
+C /root/.tcshrc        644 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.tcshrc
diff --git a/rootfiles.spec b/rootfiles.spec
index aa9cc77..499b7f7 100644
--- a/rootfiles.spec
+++ b/rootfiles.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: The basic required files for the root user's directory
 Name: rootfiles
 Version: 8.1
-Release: 32%{?dist}
+Release: 33%{?dist}
 License: Public Domain
 
 # This is a Red Hat maintained package which is specific to
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ done
 %posttrans
 if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
   #copy recursively the content, but do not overwrite the original files provided by rootfiles package
-  cp -ndr --preserve=ownership,timestamps /etc/skel/. %{ROOTFILES_DIR}/ || :
+  # NOTE: This has been broken by the conversion to tmpfiles. I see only one way to make it
+  # work: to synthetize a tmpfiles entry for each of these additional files/dirs. That seems like
+  # a lot of effort to continue supporting a feature for which there's likely not a high demand...
+  # cp -ndr --preserve=ownership,timestamps /etc/skel/. %{ROOTFILES_DIR}/ || :
 fi
 
 %files
@@ -53,6 +56,9 @@ fi
 %ghost /root/.tcshrc
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 30 2025 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 8.1-33
+- Fix tmpfiles rules (RHEL-58760)
+
 * Tue Jan 28 2025 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 8.1-32
 - Use tmpfiles.d to create initial /root directory (RHEL-58760)