diff --git a/main/libpaper/files/tmpfiles.conf b/main/libpaper/files/tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75840c9fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/libpaper/files/tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Create libpaper.d
+
+d /etc/libpaper.d 0755 root root -
diff --git a/main/libpaper/template.py b/main/libpaper/template.py
index d5b7465df6..60efb7c66c 100644
--- a/main/libpaper/template.py
+++ b/main/libpaper/template.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgname = "libpaper"
 pkgver = "2.2.5"
-pkgrel = 0
+pkgrel = 1
 build_style = "gnu_configure"
 hostmakedepends = ["pkgconf", "automake", "libtool", "gettext"]
 pkgdesc = "Library for handling paper characteristics"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 def post_install(self):
     self.install_license("COPYING-MIT")
-    self.install_dir("etc/libpaper.d", empty=True)
+    self.install_tmpfiles(self.files_path / "tmpfiles.conf")
 
 
 @subpackage("libpaper-devel")