diff --git a/srcpkgs/redis/files/redis/run b/srcpkgs/redis/files/redis/run
index 894f6fa3728..1b60fe1f665 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/redis/files/redis/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/redis/files/redis/run
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+if [ ! -d /var/lib/redis ]; then
+	mkdir -m0700 -p /var/lib/redis
+fi
+chown redis:redis /var/lib/redis
+if [ ! -d /run/redis ]; then
+	mkdir -m0750 -p /run/redis
+fi
+chown redis:redis /run/redis
 exec redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf
diff --git a/srcpkgs/redis/template b/srcpkgs/redis/template
index 49cc65fa878..f318f2131d3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/redis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/redis/template
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'redis'
 pkgname=redis
-version=3.0.2
-revision=2
+version=3.0.3
+revision=1
 makedepends="jemalloc-devel"
 homepage="http://redis.io"
 distfiles="http://download.redis.io/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-short_desc="advanced key-value store"
+short_desc="Advanced key-value store"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="BSD"
-checksum=93e422c0d584623601f89b956045be158889ebe594478a2c24e1bf218495633f
+checksum=1d08fa665b16d0950274dfbd47fbbcf3485e43e901021338640a0334666e9da5
 
 system_accounts="redis"
 redis_homedir="/var/lib/redis"
 conf_files="/etc/redis/redis.conf"
-make_dirs="
-	/var/lib/redis 0700 redis redis
-	/run/redis 0750 redis redis"
 
 do_configure() {
 	sed -i \
@@ -27,9 +24,9 @@ do_build() {
 	make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" ${makejobs}
 }
 do_install() {
-	make INSTALL_BIN="${DESTDIR}/usr/bin" PREFIX=/usr install
+	make INSTALL_BIN=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin PREFIX=/usr install
 	vlicense COPYING
 
-	vinstall "redis.conf" 644 "etc/redis"
+	vinstall redis.conf 644 etc/redis
 	vsv redis
 }