diff --git a/srcpkgs/iwd/template b/srcpkgs/iwd/template
index 27e4c63935..3c1904862a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iwd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/iwd/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'iwd'
 pkgname=iwd
 version=0.7
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-systemd-service --enable-docs --enable-pie"
 hostmakedepends="asciidoc pkg-config"
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/network/wireless/iwd-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=eddea0b002014c3f890db46968a54f0b45667975436fd99e4aa14ab9a49fd410
-make_dirs="/var/lib/iwd 0600 root root"
+make_dirs="/var/lib/iwd 0600 root root
+ /etc/iwd 755 root root"
 
 post_install() {
-	vmkdir etc/iwd
-	touch "${DESTDIR}"/etc/iwd/.empty
-
 	vsconf doc/main.conf
 	vsv iwd
 }