diff --git a/srcpkgs/spice-vdagent/files/spice-vdagentd/run b/srcpkgs/spice-vdagent/files/spice-vdagentd/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..97f1150565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/spice-vdagent/files/spice-vdagentd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+mkdir -p /var/run/spice-vdagentd
+exec /usr/bin/spice-vdagentd -x 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/spice-vdagent/template b/srcpkgs/spice-vdagent/template
index 66a0a6b305..b07e3effe1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/spice-vdagent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/spice-vdagent/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'spice-vdagent'
 pkgname=spice-vdagent
 version=0.17.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libglib-devel dbus-devel libXfixes-devel libXrandr-devel
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
 do_install() {
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} udevrulesdir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d install
 }
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv spice-vdagentd
+}