diff --git a/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-agent/run b/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-agent/run
index f1e80bc016..c32093b2db 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-agent/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-agent/run
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-chmod 0750 /var/run/zabbix-agent /var/log/zabbix-agent
-chown _zabbix_agent:_zabbix_agent /var/run/zabbix-agent /var/log/zabbix-agent
-
+install -d -m0750 -o _zabbix_agent -g _zabbix_agent /var/run/zabbix-agent
 chpst -u _zabbix_agent:_zabbix_agent zabbix_agentd -f -c /etc/zabbix_agentd.conf
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-proxy/run b/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-proxy/run
index 359f4a72e6..678fc6e0bc 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-proxy/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-proxy/run
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-chmod 0750 /var/run/zabbix-proxy /var/log/zabbix-proxy
-chown _zabbix_proxy:_zabbix_proxy /var/run/zabbix-proxy /var/log/zabbix-proxy
-
+install -d -m0750 -o _zabbix_proxy -g _zabbix_proxy /var/run/zabbix-proxy
 chpst -u _zabbix_proxy:_zabbix_proxy zabbix_proxy -f -c /etc/zabbix_proxy.conf
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-server/run b/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-server/run
index 48e0453684..97e62451ac 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-server/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/zabbix/files/zabbix-server/run
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 sv start mysqld >/dev/null || exit 1
 
-chmod 0750 /var/run/zabbix-server /var/log/zabbix-server
-chown _zabbix_server:_zabbix_server /var/run/zabbix-server /var/log/zabbix-server
-
+install -d -m0750 -o _zabbix_server -g _zabbix_server /var/run/zabbix-server
 chpst -u _zabbix_server:_zabbix_server zabbix_server -f -c /etc/zabbix_server.conf
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zabbix/template b/srcpkgs/zabbix/template
index 58e1ca0e5a..54b2ff97c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zabbix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zabbix/template
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ checksum=6b3d3b23c72a7af1958dc0938a566be03f0424cb44df5b2a9f487428f32d0463
 conf_files="/etc/zabbix_server.conf"
 system_accounts="_zabbix_server"
 system_groups="_zabbix_server"
-make_dirs="/var/run/zabbix-server 0750 _zabbix_server _zabbix_server
- /var/log/zabbix-server 0750 _zabbix_server _zabbix_server"
+make_dirs="/var/log/zabbix-server 0750 _zabbix_server _zabbix_server"
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# configure scripts is bad at checking, problably runs code instead of
@@ -51,8 +50,7 @@ post_install() {
 }
 
 zabbix-agent_package() {
-	make_dirs="/var/run/zabbix-agentd 0750 _zabbix_agent _zabbix_agent
-	 /var/log/zabbix-agentd 0750 _zabbix_agent _zabbix_agent"
+	make_dirs="/var/log/zabbix-agentd 0750 _zabbix_agent _zabbix_agent"
 	system_accounts="_zabbix_agent"
 	system_groups=_zabbix_agent
 	short_desc="Zabbix Network Monitoring Agent"
@@ -79,8 +77,7 @@ zabbix-utils_package() {
 zabbix-proxy_package() {
 	system_accounts="_zabbix_proxy"
 	system_groups=_zabbix_proxy
-	make_dirs="/var/run/zabbix-proxy 0750 _zabbix_proxy _zabbix_proxy
-	 /var/log/zabbix-proxy 0750 _zabbix_proxy _zabbix_proxy"
+	make_dirs="/var/log/zabbix-proxy 0750 _zabbix_proxy _zabbix_proxy"
 	depends="zabbix"
 	short_desc="Zabbix Network Monitoring Proxy"
 	conf_files="/etc/zabbix_proxy.conf"
@@ -93,6 +90,7 @@ zabbix-proxy_package() {
 }
 
 zabbix-frontend-php_package() {
+	noarch=yes
 	depends="zabbix php-gd php-mysql"
 	short_desc="Zabbix Networking Monitoring PHP Frontend"
 	pkg_install() {