diff --git a/srcpkgs/dhcp/files/dhclient/run b/srcpkgs/dhcp/files/dhclient/run
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dhcp/files/dhcpd4/run b/srcpkgs/dhcp/files/dhcpd4/run
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 181a47e70b8..05d9f9b726e
--- a/srcpkgs/dhcp/files/dhcpd4/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/dhcp/files/dhcpd4/run
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 [ -r conf ] && . ./conf
-mkdir -p /var/lib/dhcp/
 touch /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases
 exec dhcpd -f ${OPTS:=-4 -q -pf /run/dhcpd4.pid}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dhcp/files/dhcpd6/run b/srcpkgs/dhcp/files/dhcpd6/run
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index faba89b6bc5..2dc26f33221
--- a/srcpkgs/dhcp/files/dhcpd6/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/dhcp/files/dhcpd6/run
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 [ -r conf ] && . ./conf
-mkdir -p /var/lib/dhcp/
 touch /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases
 exec dhcpd -f ${OPTS:=-6 -q -pf /run/dhcpd6.pid}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dhcp/template b/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
index a522bbed52b..48998c25e25 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'dhcp'
 pkgname=dhcp
 version=4.4.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="dhcp-${version/P/-P}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 disable_parallel_build=yes
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ homepage="https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp"
 distfiles="http://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/${version/P/-P}/dhcp-${version/P/-P}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2a22508922ab367b4af4664a0472dc220cc9603482cf3c16d9aff14f3a76b608
 
+make_dirs="/var/lib/dhcp 0755 root root"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	local _args=" --sbindir=/usr/bin --enable-paranoia
 		--with-srv-lease-file=/var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases