diff --git a/shared-mime-info.spec b/shared-mime-info.spec
index 247ad2e..6ee9212 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.spec
+++ b/shared-mime-info.spec
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ update-mime-database -n %{_datadir}/mime &> /dev/null ||:
 %dir %{_datadir}/pkgconfig
 %{_datadir}/pkgconfig/shared-mime-info.pc
 %{_mandir}/man*/update-mime-database.*
+# also co-own the gettext dirs, we don't require it
+%dir %{_datadir}/gettext
+%dir %{_datadir}/gettext/its
 %{_datadir}/gettext/its/shared-mime-info.its
 %{_datadir}/gettext/its/shared-mime-info.loc