diff --git a/openvpn.spec b/openvpn.spec
index 8bd20d9..a1de9be 100644
--- a/openvpn.spec
+++ b/openvpn.spec
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ for plugin in %{plugins} ; do
     cp plugin/$plugin/README plugin/$plugin.txt
 done
 
+mkdir -m 755 -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_var}/run/%{name}
+
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/
 %{_initrddir}/%{name}
+%{_var}/run/%{name}/
 %config %dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/
 
 %changelog
@@ -129,6 +132,7 @@ fi
 - Add "processname" header to init script
 - The init script isn't a config file
 - Tag contrib, sample-config-files, sample-keys, and sample-scripts as doc
+- Create/own pid dir
 
 * Sat Jun 25 2005 Steven Pritchard <steve@kspei.com> 2.0-1
 - Update to 2.0 final