diff --git a/srcpkgs/dcron/template b/srcpkgs/dcron/template
index f52807bcb7..eec36b1fb5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dcron/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dcron/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'dcron'
 pkgname=dcron
 version=4.5
-revision=22
+revision=23
 conf_files="/var/spool/cron/root"
 replaces="cron-daemon>=0"
 provides="cron-daemon-1_1"
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ checksum=9e50edb6f5bd8153b16bad05087d985e5153ce45cc01ae77e7f842213fb4a824
 CFLAGS="-fPIE"
 LDFLAGS="-pie"
 
+make_dirs="
+ /etc/cron.d 0755 root root
+ /etc/cron.hourly 0755 root root
+ /etc/cron.weekly 0755 root root
+ /etc/cron.monthly 0755 root root
+ /etc/cron.yearly 0755 root root
+ /var/spool/cronstamps 0755 root root"
+
+build_options="systemd"
+
 do_build() {
 	make PREFIX=/usr CRONTAB_GROUP=users CRONTABS=/var/spool/cron \
 		CRONSTAMPS=/var/spool/cronstamps ${makejobs}
@@ -25,16 +35,13 @@ do_build() {
 do_install() {
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
 
-	for f in etc/cron.d etc/cron.hourly etc/cron.weekly etc/cron.monthly \
-		var/spool/cronstamps; do
-		vmkdir ${f}
-		touch ${DESTDIR}/${f}/.owned
-	done
-
 	install -Dm755 extra/run-cron ${DESTDIR}/usr/sbin/run-cron
 	install -Dm600 extra/root.crontab ${DESTDIR}/var/spool/cron/root
 
-	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/dcron.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
 	# crontab must be setuid for all users to work!
 	chmod 4755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/crontab
+
+	if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
+		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/dcron.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
+	fi
 }