--- fetchmail.orig	2009-02-12 03:56:26.030999031 -0200
+++ fetchmail	2009-02-12 03:57:39.340979915 -0200
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 case "$1" in
   start)
     stat_busy "Starting fetchmail"
+    if [ ! -d /var/run/fetchmail ]; then
+      mkdir -m 0700 /var/run/fetchmail
+      chown fetchmail:nobody /var/run/fetchmail
+    fi
     [ -z "$PID" ] &&
 		su -c "/usr/bin/fetchmail -d $INTERVAL -f $CONFIG" fetchmail
     if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then