diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 3b2ba13..dfc1efc 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -213,14 +213,20 @@ for type in separate single; do
   fi
   (cd $type && make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/$subdir $install)
 
+%if "%{_sbindir}" != "%{_bindir}"
   # chroot was in /usr/sbin :
-  mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/$subdir/{%{_bindir},%{_sbindir}}
+  mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/$subdir/%_sbindir
   mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/$subdir/{%_bindir,%_sbindir}/chroot
+%endif
 
   # Move multicall variants to *.single.
   # RemovePathPostfixes will strip that later.
   if test $type = 'single'; then
-    for dir in %{_bindir} %{_sbindir} %{_libexecdir}/%{name}; do
+    for dir in %{_bindir} \
+%if "%{_sbindir}" != "%{_bindir}"
+%{_sbindir} \
+%endif
+%{_libexecdir}/%{name}; do
       for bin in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/$dir/*; do
         basebin=$(basename $bin)
         mv $bin $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/$dir/$basebin.single
@@ -248,7 +254,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/dir
 
 %files single
 %{_bindir}/*.single
+%if "%{_sbindir}" != "%{_bindir}"
 %{_sbindir}/chroot.single
+%endif
 %dir %{_libexecdir}/coreutils
 %{_libexecdir}/coreutils/*.so.single
 # duplicate the license because coreutils-common does not need to be installed