diff --git a/rrdcached-systemd-pre b/rrdcached-systemd-pre
index fbec76a..f7a56a5 100644
--- a/rrdcached-systemd-pre
+++ b/rrdcached-systemd-pre
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ test -r $RRDCACHED_CONFIG || { echo "$RRDCACHED_CONFIG not existing";
         if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then exit 0;
         else exit 6; fi; }
 
-RRDCACHED_PID='/run/rrdcached.pid'
-
 # Read config   
 . $RRDCACHED_CONFIG
 
@@ -24,8 +22,6 @@ function check_and_create_dir(){
         test -d "$DIR" || mkdir -p "$DIR"
 }
 
-check_and_create_dir "$(dirname $RRDCACHED_PID)"        
-chown $RRDCACHED_USER:$RRDCACHED_GROUP "$(dirname $RRDCACHED_PID)"
 case "$RRDCACHED_ADDRESS" in
         ^unix:) 
                 SOCKETDIR=$(dirname ${RRDCACHED_ADDRESS/unix:/})
diff --git a/rrdcached.service b/rrdcached.service
index 02a3eba..de26f55 100644
--- a/rrdcached.service
+++ b/rrdcached.service
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ Type=forking
 ExecStartPre=-/bin/echo 'Starting RRD data caching service (rrdtools - rrdcached)'
 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c "/usr/share/rrdcached/rrdcached-systemd-pre"
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/rrdcached
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/rrdcached -s $RRDCACHED_GROUP -b "$RRDCACHED_CHROOT_DIR" -p "$RRDCACHED_PID" -l $RRDCACHED_ADDRESS -m $RRDCACHED_SOCKET_MASK -w $RRDCACHED_DISKWRITE -z $RRDCACHED_DELAY -t $RRDCACHED_WRITE_THREADS $RRDCACHED_OPTIONS
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/rrdcached -s $RRDCACHED_GROUP -b "$RRDCACHED_CHROOT_DIR" -p /run/rrdcached/rrdcached.pid -l $RRDCACHED_ADDRESS -m $RRDCACHED_SOCKET_MASK -w $RRDCACHED_DISKWRITE -z $RRDCACHED_DELAY -t $RRDCACHED_WRITE_THREADS $RRDCACHED_OPTIONS
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=1
-PIDFile=/run/rrdcached.pid
+PIDFile=/run/rrdcached/rrdcached.pid
 TimeoutStopSec=10
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/rrdtool.changes b/rrdtool.changes
index 7a7ccf3..a90746c 100644
--- a/rrdtool.changes
+++ b/rrdtool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Feb  9 08:58:51 UTC 2014 - obs@botter.cc
+
+- again fix PIDfile handling for rrdcached in systemd file
+  (ugly now: because of removal of declaration in sysconfig file;
+  it has to be declared twice in service file)
+- add PIDfile directory using tmpfiles now
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 13 08:42:10 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rrdtool.spec b/rrdtool.spec
index 086b23c..4a97efb 100644
--- a/rrdtool.spec
+++ b/rrdtool.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #
 
 
+%{!?_tmpfilesdir:%global _tmpfilesdir /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d}
+
 Name:           rrdtool
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -243,7 +245,9 @@ install -Dm644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates/sys
 # install systemd specific files
 install -Dm755 %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/rrdcached/rrdcached-systemd-pre
 install -Dm644 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/rrdcached.service
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/rrdtool/rrdcached
+install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}/%{_tmpfilesdir}
+echo "d /run/rrdcached 0755 %{rrdcached_user} %{rrdcached_group}" > %{buildroot}/%{_tmpfilesdir}/rrdcached.conf
+chmod 644 %{buildroot}/%{_tmpfilesdir}/rrdcached.conf
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
@@ -296,11 +300,10 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/rrdtool/rrdcached
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %{_bindir}/rrdcached
 %{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.rrdcached
-%dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/rrdtool
-%attr(-,%rrdcached_user,%rrdcached_group) %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/rrdtool/rrdcached
 %{_datadir}/rrdcached
 %{_datadir}/rrdcached/rrdcached-systemd-pre
 %{_unitdir}/rrdcached.service
+%{_tmpfilesdir}/rrdcached.conf
 
 %pre cached
 getent group %rrdcached_group >/dev/null || groupadd %rrdcached_group
@@ -310,6 +313,7 @@ getent passwd %rrdcached_user >/dev/null || useradd -s /sbin/nologin -g %rrdcach
 %post cached
 %service_add_post rrdcached.service
 %fillup_only rrdcached
+systemd-tmpfiles --create %{_tmpfilesdir}/rrdcached.conf
 
 %preun cached
 %service_del_preun rrdcached.service