diff --git a/debian/freeswitch-systemd.freeswitch.conf b/debian/freeswitch-systemd.freeswitch.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a94293afcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/freeswitch-systemd.freeswitch.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /run/freeswitch 0755  freeswitch freeswitch -
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/freeswitch-systemd.install b/debian/freeswitch-systemd.install
index d647282ecd..b554d1b2bd 100644
--- a/debian/freeswitch-systemd.install
+++ b/debian/freeswitch-systemd.install
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /lib/systemd/system/freeswitch.service
+/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/freeswitch.conf
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 67cf9e470c..705dc19f9a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install
 	mkdir -p debian/tmp/lib/systemd/system
 	install -m0644 debian/freeswitch-systemd.freeswitch.service debian/tmp/lib/systemd/system/freeswitch.service
+	mkdir -p debian/tmp/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
+	install -m0644 debian/freeswitch-systemd.freeswitch.conf debian/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/freeswitch.conf
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/share/freeswitch/grammar/model/communicator/COPYING
 
 override_dh_installinit: