diff --git a/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/component.spec b/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/component.spec
index 4a2385dc40..7cad41b90e 100644
--- a/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/component.spec
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %dir /awips2/edex/bin/yajsw
 /awips2/edex/bin/yajsw/*
 
+%attr(775,awips,fxalpha) /awips2/edex/data/manual
+
 %defattr(755,awips,fxalpha,755)
 %dir /awips2/edex/bin
 /awips2/edex/bin/*.sh