diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index b375bd0..573bfa4 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sha256sums=('e03bede3d258d680548696623d5979c6edf03272e801a813c81ba5a5c64f4f82'
             '0d9ad0a063e74e6b88db52b2f0a93e7b8f6faf1395981edebac493a13d0b59b3'
             '89e43a0b7028f52d5c8e7fb961d962c4b4f4e9595880a6157274ddb2c7c0b6b4'
             '30b97e8f5965744138f7a394e04454db6d509fb89e0a9b615bcd9037df3d6f2a'
-            '5d8e61479f0093852365090e84d8d95b1e7fccfab068274ee25863bde6ff3e07'
+            'bcd1f937a331b2dd8ed7952c6ed11207ca1f37606672a3f28fee7dad98edf745'
             'e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855'
             'e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855'
             '3ffe8ea4e98db43a3ec4dcca55fd4009cd8b8d220f0996aef7a5b427fdf65234'
diff --git a/tmpfiles b/tmpfiles
index 04f8d12..95164ed 100644
--- a/tmpfiles
+++ b/tmpfiles
@@ -16,3 +16,33 @@ C /etc/shadow
 C /etc/shells
 C /etc/subuid
 C /etc/subgid
+
+
+# (re)create /var directories, if missing. say you've wiped your /var
+# partition. note that some entries may already be handled by elsewhere
+
+# Also in var.conf
+d /var/cache
+
+d /var/local
+d /var/opt
+d /var/log/old
+d /var/lib/misc
+
+# Also in sshd.conf
+d /var/empty
+d /var/spool/mail 1777
+
+# Also in tmp.conf
+d /var/tmp 1777
+
+# allow setgid games (gid 50) to write scores
+d /var/games 0775 - 50
+
+L /var/mail - - - - spool/mail
+
+# Also in var.conf
+L /var/run - - - - ../run
+
+# Also in legacy.con
+L /var/lock - - - - ../run/lock