diff --git a/fail2ban.spec b/fail2ban.spec
index dbe0a24..c5645a1 100644
--- a/fail2ban.spec
+++ b/fail2ban.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Daemon to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
 Name: fail2ban
 Version: 0.9.6
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://fail2ban.sourceforge.net/
 Source0: https://github.com/%{name}/%{name}/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ install -p -m 644 man/*.5 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man5
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d
 install -p -m 644 files/fail2ban-logrotate %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/fail2ban
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}/run/fail2ban/
+install -m 0600 /dev/null %{buildroot}/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/fail2ban/
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}
 install -p -m 0644 files/fail2ban-tmpfiles.conf %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}/fail2ban.conf
@@ -265,7 +266,8 @@ fi
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/fail2ban
 %{_tmpfilesdir}/fail2ban.conf
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/fail2ban/
-%ghost %dir /run/fail2ban/
+%dir /run/%{name}/
+%verify(not size mtime md5) /run/%{name}.pid
 
 %files all
 
@@ -295,6 +297,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 15 2017 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 0.9.6-3
+- Properly handle /run/fail2ban (bug #1422500)
+
 * Tue Jan 10 2017 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 0.9.6-2
 - Add upstream patch to fix fail2ban-regex with journal