diff --git a/contrib/sssd.spec.in b/contrib/sssd.spec.in
index 90bb5bbdd0e..c5628c8c4a4 100644
--- a/contrib/sssd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/sssd.spec.in
@@ -1101,7 +1101,8 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.conf
 %sysusers_create_compat %{SOURCE1}
 %else
 getent group sssd >/dev/null || groupadd -r sssd
-getent passwd sssd >/dev/null || useradd -r -g sssd -d / -s /sbin/nologin -c "User for sssd" sssd
+! getent passwd sssd >/dev/null || usermod -d /run/sssd >/dev/null || true
+getent passwd sssd >/dev/null || useradd -r -g sssd -d /run/sssd -s /sbin/nologin -c "User for sssd" sssd
 %endif
 %endif