diff --git a/warewulf.spec.in b/warewulf.spec.in
index aa1e3bb3..d553f839 100644
--- a/warewulf.spec.in
+++ b/warewulf.spec.in
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ getent group %{wwgroup} >/dev/null || groupadd -r %{wwgroup}
 %dir %{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf/overlays/wwinit
 %dir %{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf/overlays/wwclient
 %attr(-, root, root) %{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf/overlays/*/rootfs
+%attr(700, root, root) %{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf/overlays/generic/rootfs/root
+%attr(700, root, root) %{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf/overlays/generic/rootfs/root/.ssh
 
 %attr(-, root, root) %{_bindir}/wwctl
 %attr(-, root, root) %{_prefix}/lib/firewalld/services/warewulf.xml