diff --git a/tasks/configure-systemd.yml b/tasks/configure-systemd.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8ea21a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/configure-systemd.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+
+- name: Check if /etc/tmpfiles.d exists (are we using systemd?)
+  stat:
+    path: /etc/tmpfiles.d
+  register: destination_exists
+
+- name: Install permissions override for [/var]/run/shinken
+  template:
+    dest: /etc/tmpfiles.d/run-shinken.conf
+    src: run-shinken-permissions.conf.tmpl
+  when: destination_exists.stat.isdir is defined and destination_exists.stat.isdir
+
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index c00cb57..87d7efb 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 - include: configure-shinken-webui.yml
   when: '"webui2" in shinken_broker_modules'
 
+- include: configure-systemd.yml
+
diff --git a/templates/run-shinken-permissions.conf.tmpl b/templates/run-shinken-permissions.conf.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c574d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/run-shinken-permissions.conf.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+# Set custom directory permissions
+D /run/shinken 0755 shinken shinken
+D /var/run/shinken 0755 shinken shinken
+