diff --git a/salt/ospf/ospfd.service b/salt/ospf/ospfd.service
index a686e4c..cfca949 100644
--- a/salt/ospf/ospfd.service
+++ b/salt/ospf/ospfd.service
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Requires = zebra.service
 After = network.target
 
 [Service]
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir /var/run/quagga
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chown -R quagga:quagga /var/run/quagga/
 ExecStart = /usr/lib/quagga/ospfd
 
 [Install]