diff --git a/SOURCES/audit-3.0.8-drop-protecthome.patch b/SOURCES/audit-3.0.8-drop-protecthome.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9a70de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/audit-3.0.8-drop-protecthome.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From c426507a501efde0367a09a81e917d1d10722b78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sergio Correia <scorreia@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:00:57 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Drop ProtectHome from auditd.service as it interferes with
+ rules
+
+Upstream: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-userspace/commit/12cf14ed
+---
+ init.d/auditd.service | 1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/init.d/auditd.service b/init.d/auditd.service
+index e801281..0a4c498 100644
+--- a/init.d/auditd.service
++++ b/init.d/auditd.service
+@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true
+ LockPersonality=true
+ ProtectControlGroups=true
+ ProtectKernelModules=true
+-ProtectHome=true
+ RestrictRealtime=true
+ 
+ [Install]
+-- 
+2.35.1
+
diff --git a/SPECS/audit.spec b/SPECS/audit.spec
index 7a5b286..9d3e94b 100644
--- a/SPECS/audit.spec
+++ b/SPECS/audit.spec
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 Summary: User space tools for kernel auditing
 Name: audit
 Version: 3.0.7
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/
 Source0: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
 
 Patch1: audit-3.0.8-auparse-path-norm.patch
+Patch2: audit-3.0.8-drop-protecthome.patch
 
 BuildRequires: gcc swig make
 BuildRequires: openldap-devel
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ Management Facility) database, through an IBM Tivoli Directory Server
 %setup -q
 cp %{SOURCE1} .
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --with-python=no \
@@ -238,6 +240,10 @@ fi
 %attr(750,root,root) %{_sbindir}/audispd-zos-remote
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 02 2022 Sergio Correia <scorreia@redhat.com> - 3.0.7-4
+- Drop ProtectHome from auditd.service as it interferes with rules
+  Resolves: rhbz#2071727 - Default systemd service config blocks audit watch rules in some directories
+
 * Mon Mar 14 2022 Sergio Correia <scorreia@redhat.com> - 3.0.7-3
 - Fix path normalization in auparse
   Resolves: rhbz#2062612 - auparse missing information when used with --format-text