diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgresql/template b/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
index 1066a83b444..9a3bd1e426b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'postgresql'
 pkgname=postgresql
 version=9.5.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 make_build_target="world"
 configure_args="--with-openssl --with-python
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ system_accounts="postgres"
 postgres_homedir="/var/lib/${pkgname}"
 postgres_shell="/bin/sh"
 postgres_descr="PostgreSQL database server user"
+make_dirs="/var/lib/postgresql 0750 postgres postgres"
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" --without-perl --without-python --without-tcl"