diff --git a/libsemanage/src/genhomedircon.c b/libsemanage/src/genhomedircon.c
index 8a7d5e2..0c5c695 100644
--- a/libsemanage/src/genhomedircon.c
+++ b/libsemanage/src/genhomedircon.c
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ static semanage_list_t *get_home_dirs(genhomedircon_settings_t * s)
 		}
 		if (strcmp(pwbuf->pw_dir, "/") == 0)
 			continue;
+		if (strcmp(pwbuf->pw_dir, "/root") == 0) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (semanage_str_count(pwbuf->pw_dir, '/') <= 1)
 			continue;
 		if (!(path = strdup(pwbuf->pw_dir))) {
@@ -803,6 +807,9 @@ static genhomedircon_user_entry_t *get_users(genhomedircon_settings_t * s,
 			 * /root */
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (strcmp(pwent->pw_dir, "/root") == 0) {
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (push_user_entry(&head, name, seuname,
 				    prefix, pwent->pw_dir) != STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 			*errors = STATUS_ERR;