diff --git a/nsd.changes b/nsd.changes
index 9e66c03..502caa2 100644
--- a/nsd.changes
+++ b/nsd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 13 05:46:28 UTC 2015 - michael@stroeder.com
+
+- ignore absence of the systemd-tmpfiles command
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 11 01:33:27 UTC 2015 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/nsd.spec b/nsd.spec
index fc5ebe3..18b437c 100644
--- a/nsd.spec
+++ b/nsd.spec
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ ln -s -f %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/%{name} %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rc%{name}
 %post
 %fillup_only %{name}
 %if %{with systemd}
-systemd-tmpfiles --create  %{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
+systemd-tmpfiles --create  %{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf || :
 %service_add_post   %{name}.service
 %endif