diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
index ffa429bffb..c4e8130a7e 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ if [ "$REMOTE_BACKEND" = "irtrans" -o "$LCD_DRIVER" = "irtrans" ]; then
 
   progress "Starting IRtrans daemon"
 
-  mkdir -p /var/run/lirc
-
   [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ] && \
     IRSERVER_ARG="$IRSERVER_ARG -loglevel 4" # set loglevel in debugmode
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/tmpfiles.d/63_irserver.conf b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/tmpfiles.d/63_irserver.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f857190c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/tmpfiles.d/63_irserver.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 -