diff --git a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
index e24003a59..5a7730d77 100644
--- a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ mkdir -p --mode=0700 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_localstatedir}/lib/fwupd/gnupg
 %{_bindir}/fwupdmgr
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/fwupd
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/fwupd/remotes.d
-%{_sysconfdir}/fwupd/remotes.d/fwupd.conf
-%{_sysconfdir}/fwupd/remotes.d/lvfs.conf
-%{_sysconfdir}/fwupd/remotes.d/lvfs-testing.conf
-%{_sysconfdir}/fwupd/remotes.d/vendor.conf
-%{_sysconfdir}/pki/fwupd
+%config(noreplace)%{_sysconfdir}/fwupd/remotes.d/fwupd.conf
+%config(noreplace)%{_sysconfdir}/fwupd/remotes.d/lvfs.conf
+%config(noreplace)%{_sysconfdir}/fwupd/remotes.d/lvfs-testing.conf
+%config(noreplace)%{_sysconfdir}/fwupd/remotes.d/vendor.conf
+%config(noreplace)%{_sysconfdir}/pki/fwupd
 %{_sysconfdir}/pki/fwupd-metadata
 %{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.fwupd.conf
 %{_datadir}/fwupd/remotes.d/fwupd/metadata.xml