diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/62_eventlircd b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/62_eventlircd
index 41ac6123ac..0ab20592b9 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/62_eventlircd
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/62_eventlircd
@@ -24,6 +24,5 @@
 
 (
   progress "starting eventlircd"
-    mkdir -p /var/run/lirc
     eventlircd --evmap=/etc/eventlircd.d --socket=/var/run/lirc/lircd --release=_UP
 )&
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/tmpfiles.d/62_eventlircd.conf b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/tmpfiles.d/62_eventlircd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f857190c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/tmpfiles.d/62_eventlircd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+d    /var/run/lirc     0755 root root 10d -