diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpaper/template b/srcpkgs/libpaper/template
index 1d14b9091fa..a315d75a4e2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libpaper/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpaper/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libpaper'
 pkgname=libpaper
 version=1.1.24+nmu5
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
 conf_files="/etc/papersize"
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libpaper"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/libp/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e29deda4cd7350189c71af0925cbf4a4473f9841d1419a922e1e8ff1954db1f2
+make_dirs="/etc/libpaper.d 0755 root root"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
@@ -21,10 +22,6 @@ post_install() {
 	vmkdir etc
 	echo '# Simply write the paper name. See papersize(5) for possible values' > ${DESTDIR}/etc/papersize
 
-	# add libpaper.d directory other packages can use to store files
-	vmkdir etc/libpaper.d
-	touch ${DESTDIR}/etc/libpaper.d/.empty
-
 	# add localisation
 	cd debian/po
 	for i in $(ls *.po); do