diff --git a/templates/hal/INSTALL b/templates/hal/INSTALL
index 38f8400ee66..c6c54190bb2 100644
--- a/templates/hal/INSTALL
+++ b/templates/hal/INSTALL
@@ -20,5 +20,14 @@ post)
 		[ $? -ne 0 ] && exit $?
 		echo "Created HAL system user."
 	fi
+
+	# Create some required dirs if don't exist.	
+	if [ ! -d var/run/hald ]; then
+		mkdir -p var/run/hald
+		chown hal:hal var/run/hald
+	fi
+	if [ ! -d var/cache/hald ]; then
+		mkdir -p var/cache/hald
+	fi
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/templates/hal/template b/templates/hal/template
index 049e8692ba2..d7044546e9a 100644
--- a/templates/hal/template
+++ b/templates/hal/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'hal'
 pkgname=hal
 version=0.5.12rc1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 distfiles="http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/hal-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-man-pages --enable-console-kit --enable-policy-kit