diff --git a/plocate.spec b/plocate.spec
index c8ec7a0..788abff 100644
--- a/plocate.spec
+++ b/plocate.spec
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ EOF
 install -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/plocate.conf
 ln -s plocate %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/locate
 install -p -D -m 0644 -t %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/ locate.1
+mkdir %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/
+touch %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/updatedb.conf
 
 # A state file to carry information from %%post to %%posttrans. See
 # https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Scriptlets/#_saving_state_between_scriptlets.
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ fi
 %_mandir/man8/plocate-build.8*
 %_mandir/man8/updatedb.8*
 %_sysusersdir/plocate.conf
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/updatedb.conf
 %dir %{_sharedstatedir}/plocate
 %{_sharedstatedir}/plocate/CACHEDIR.TAG
 %ghost %attr(0620,-,plocate) %verify(not md5 mtime) %{_sharedstatedir}/plocate/plocate.db