diff --git a/packages/client/katello-host-tools/katello-host-tools.spec b/packages/client/katello-host-tools/katello-host-tools.spec
index a4f45a3727..fd994eaa14 100644
--- a/packages/client/katello-host-tools/katello-host-tools.spec
+++ b/packages/client/katello-host-tools/katello-host-tools.spec
@@ -238,8 +238,10 @@ exit 0
 
 %if %{build_tracer}
 %exclude %{katello_libdir}/tracer
+%if %{yum_install}
 %exclude %{plugins_dir}
 %endif
+%endif
 
 %if %{yum_install} || %{zypper_install}
 %attr(750, root, root) %{_sbindir}/katello-package-upload