--- scripts/powerman.init.in
+++ scripts/powerman.init.in
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 DAEMON="$sbindir/powermand"
 #DAEMON_ARGS=
 CONFIG=$sysconfdir/powerman/powerman.conf
-PIDFILE="$localstatedir/run/powerman/powermand.pid"
+PIDDIR="$localstatedir/run/powerman"
+PIDFILE="$PIDDIR/powermand.pid"
 #NICE=
 USER=@RUN_AS_USER@
 #SIGHUP_RELOAD=
@@ -53,7 +54,10 @@
   SCRIPT_NAME="`basename \"$0\" .init | sed 's/^[SK][0-9][0-9]*//'`"
   SIGTERM_TIMEOUT="3"
   STATUS=0
-
+  if [ ! -d "$PIDDIR" ] ; then
+    mkdir "$PIDDIR"
+    chown $USER $PIDDIR
+  fi
   # Read configuration defaults to override variables:
   #   $DAEMON_ARGS, $CONFIG, $PIDFILE, $USER, $NICE, $SIGHUP_RELOAD
   ##