diff --git a/srcpkgs/suricata/files/suricata/run b/srcpkgs/suricata/files/suricata/run
index 27d7a00b707..586e6cc8e34 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/suricata/files/suricata/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/suricata/files/suricata/run
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 exec 2>&1
 [ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+mkdir -p /var/log/suricata /var/{lib,log}/suricata
+chown -R suricata:suricata /var/{lib,log}/suricata
 exec suricata -i ${INTERFACE:=eth0} ${OPTS}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/suricata/template b/srcpkgs/suricata/template
index d142de1b9a8..f206c55d5b9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/suricata/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/suricata/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'suricata'
 pkgname=suricata
 version=3.2.1
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-gccmarch-native"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ checksum="0e0b0cf49016804bb2fb1fc4327341617e76a67902f4e03e0ef6d16c1d7d3994
 82f7bbfd45f101a2247f62021bd304db1a6c246ed29b1771ed5cd53ac4b4af31"
 
 system_accounts="$pkgname"
-make_dirs="/var/log/$pkgname 0755 $pkgname $pkgname
-/var/lib/$pkgname 0755 $pkgname $pkgname"
 confs_files="/etc/$pkgname/* /etc/$pkgname/rules/*"
 
 post_build() {