diff --git a/utils/mariadb/Makefile b/utils/mariadb/Makefile
index 8e1f1d7b7..fc6e9495d 100644
--- a/utils/mariadb/Makefile
+++ b/utils/mariadb/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mariadb
 PKG_VERSION:=10.2.32
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL := \
diff --git a/utils/mariadb/files/mysqld.init b/utils/mariadb/files/mysqld.init
index 66afb35bc..7bd0037d9 100644
--- a/utils/mariadb/files/mysqld.init
+++ b/utils/mariadb/files/mysqld.init
@@ -110,27 +110,31 @@ start_service() {
 	  -v group="$group" \
 	  -v a="$datadir" \
 	  -v b="$logdir" \
-	  -v c="$rundir" \
-	  -v d="$tmpdir" \
+	  -v c="$tmpdir" \
 	  '
 	    BEGIN {
 	      dir[0]=a
 	      dir[1]=b
 	      dir[2]=c
-	      dir[3]=d
 	      for (x in dir) {
 	        if (system("test ! -e \"" dir[x] "\"" )) {
 	          delete dir[x]
 	        }
 	      }
 	      for (x in dir) {
-	        system("mkdir -p \"" dir[x] "\"" )
-	        system("chmod 750 \"" dir[x] "\"" )
+	        system("mkdir -p -m 0750 \"" dir[x] "\"" )
 	        system("chown \"" user "\":\"" group "\" \"" dir[x] "\"" )
 	      }
 	    }
 	  '
 
+	if ! [ -e "$rundir" ]; then
+		# $rundir needs to be accessible for
+		# clients
+		mkdir -p "$rundir"
+		[ -d "$rundir" ] && chown "$user":"$group" "$rundir"
+	fi
+
 	if [ ! -f "$datadir/mysql/tables_priv.MYD" ]; then
 		local args="--force"
 		local basedir=$(mysqld_get_param basedir)