--- a/courier-init-r3	2011-01-23 15:32:46.000000000 -0700
+++ b/courier-init-r3	2013-02-21 19:27:08.793649969 -0700
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 	ebegin "Starting Courier mail server:"
 
 	checkconfig || return 1
+	checkpath -q -d -m 0755 /var/run/courier
 
 	ebegin " Starting courierfilterd"
 	${sbindir}/courierfilter start