diff --git a/packaging/rhel/sogo.spec b/packaging/rhel/sogo.spec
index 7be9b5c3e..27a986443 100644
--- a/packaging/rhel/sogo.spec
+++ b/packaging/rhel/sogo.spec
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ rm -fr ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 
 # **************************** pkgscripts *****************************
 %post
-if ! id sogo >& /dev/null; then /usr/sbin/adduser sogo > /dev/null 2>&1; fi
+if ! id sogo >& /dev/null; then /usr/sbin/useradd -m -k /var/empty -r sogo > /dev/null 2>&1; fi
 /bin/chown sogo /var/run/sogo
 /bin/chown sogo /var/log/sogo
 /bin/chown sogo /var/spool/sogo