diff --git a/network/postgrey/doinst.sh b/network/postgrey/doinst.sh
index e935335cd0..5bf85c6667 100644
--- a/network/postgrey/doinst.sh
+++ b/network/postgrey/doinst.sh
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ preserve_perms() {
 
 config etc/postfix/postgrey_whitelist_clients.new
 config etc/postfix/postgrey_whitelist_recipients.new
+config etc/postgrey.conf.new
 preserve_perms etc/rc.d/rc.postgrey.new
 
diff --git a/network/postgrey/postgrey.SlackBuild b/network/postgrey/postgrey.SlackBuild
index 71fa28387f..0c68baf620 100644
--- a/network/postgrey/postgrey.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/postgrey/postgrey.SlackBuild
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=postgrey
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.34}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.37}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -96,12 +96,15 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/usr/bin
 cp -a policy-test postgrey contrib/postgreyreport $PKG/usr/bin
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/etc/rc.d
+sed -e s/%POSTGREYUSR%/$POSTGREYUSR/g \
+    -e s/%POSTGREYGRP%/$POSTGREYGRP/g \
+    $CWD/postgrey.conf > $PKG/etc/postgrey.conf.new
 sed -e s/%POSTGREYUSR%/$POSTGREYUSR/g \
     -e s/%POSTGREYGRP%/$POSTGREYGRP/g \
     $CWD/rc.postgrey > $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.postgrey.new
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/var/{lib,run}/postgrey
-chown $POSTGREYUSR.$POSTGREYGRP $PKG/var/lib/postgrey $PKG/var/run/postgrey
+mkdir -p $PKG/var/lib/postgrey
+chown ${POSTGREYUSR}:${POSTGREYGRP} $PKG/var/lib/postgrey
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/etc/postfix
 cp -a postgrey_whitelist_clients $PKG/etc/postfix/postgrey_whitelist_clients.new
diff --git a/network/postgrey/postgrey.conf b/network/postgrey/postgrey.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db34cb398c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/postgrey/postgrey.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# /etc/postgrey.conf
+#
+# This file will be sourced from /etc/rc.d/rc.postgrey
+#
+PORT=10025
+PIDFILE=/var/run/postgrey/postgrey.pid
+USER=%POSTGREYUSR%
+GROUP=%POSTGREYGRP%
+HOST=mail.example.com
+
diff --git a/network/postgrey/postgrey.info b/network/postgrey/postgrey.info
index 802b44f23a..140612fab0 100644
--- a/network/postgrey/postgrey.info
+++ b/network/postgrey/postgrey.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="postgrey"
-VERSION="1.34"
+VERSION="1.37"
 HOMEPAGE="http://postgrey.schweikert.ch/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://postgrey.schweikert.ch/pub/old/postgrey-1.34.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="f736a7be1094593f1a66cd13f32b39ef"
+DOWNLOAD="http://postgrey.schweikert.ch/pub/postgrey-1.37.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2ef30f42ad84f00caf41c49b593b8e2a"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="perl-Net-Server perl-IO-Multiplex perl-BerkeleyDB perl-net-dns"
diff --git a/network/postgrey/rc.postgrey b/network/postgrey/rc.postgrey
index d763884bfa..5c33151085 100644
--- a/network/postgrey/rc.postgrey
+++ b/network/postgrey/rc.postgrey
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-PORT=10025
-PIDFILE=/var/run/postgrey/postgrey.pid
-USER=%POSTGREYUSR%
-GROUP=%POSTGREYGRP%
-HOST=mail.example.com
+. /etc/postgrey.conf || exit 1
 
 postgrey_start() {
   echo "Starting postgrey milter:  /usr/bin/postgrey -d --inet=$PORT --pidfile=$PIDFILE --user=$USER --group=$GROUP --dbdir=/var/lib/postgrey --hostname=$HOST"
-  mkdir -p /var/run/postgrey
+  mkdir -p $(dirname $PIDFILE)
+  chown ${USER}:${GROUP} $(dirname $PIDFILE)
+
   /usr/bin/postgrey -d \
                     --inet=$PORT \
-                    --pidfile=/var/run/postgrey/postgrey.pid \
+                    --pidfile=$PIDFILE \
                     --user=$USER --group=$GROUP \
                     --dbdir=/var/lib/postgrey \
                     --hostname=$HOST