2 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/dirs b/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/dirs
index 625b7d41f5..5cf167d5e6 100644
--- a/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/dirs
+++ b/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/dirs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ usr/sbin
 usr/share/man
 var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia
 var/log/rabbitmq
+var/run/rabbitmq
 etc/logrotate.d
 etc/rabbitmq
 
diff --git a/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/postinst b/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/postinst
index b11340ef8a..ca531f14c6 100644
--- a/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/postinst
+++ b/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/postinst
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ fi
 
 chown -R rabbitmq:rabbitmq /var/lib/rabbitmq
 chown -R rabbitmq:rabbitmq /var/log/rabbitmq
+chown -R rabbitmq:rabbitmq /var/run/rabbitmq
 
 case "$1" in
     configure)