diff --git a/package/rpm/xrpld.spec.in b/package/rpm/xrpld.spec.in
index 5e52e4ca4e..ac73392ca7 100644
--- a/package/rpm/xrpld.spec.in
+++ b/package/rpm/xrpld.spec.in
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ install -Dm0644 %{SOURCE8} %{buildroot}%{_opt_prefix}/bin/update-xrpld-cron
 %sysusers_create_compat %{SOURCE4}
 
 %post
+systemd-tmpfiles --create %{_tmpfilesdir}/xrpld.conf || :
 %systemd_post xrpld.service
 
 %preun
diff --git a/package/shared/xrpld.tmpfiles b/package/shared/xrpld.tmpfiles
index df4a33cda0..a1677a5cbd 100644
--- a/package/shared/xrpld.tmpfiles
+++ b/package/shared/xrpld.tmpfiles
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+d /var/lib/xrpld    0750 xrpld xrpld -
+d /var/lib/xrpld/db 0750 xrpld xrpld -
+d /var/log/xrpld    0750 xrpld xrpld -
 d /var/opt/ripple/lib 0750 xrpld xrpld -
 d /var/opt/ripple/log 0750 xrpld xrpld -