diff --git a/network/opensmtpd/opensmtpd.SlackBuild b/network/opensmtpd/opensmtpd.SlackBuild
index d147445a98..686547af97 100644
--- a/network/opensmtpd/opensmtpd.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/opensmtpd/opensmtpd.SlackBuild
@@ -140,6 +140,19 @@ sed -i "s,/etc/mail/,/etc/opensmtpd/,g" $PKG/etc/opensmtpd/smtpd.conf.new
 # Create (but don't clobber) the aliases file
 cat $CWD/aliases > $PKG/etc/opensmtpd/aliases.new
 
+# Create some other required directories with proper ownership and permissions
+mkdir -p $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/corrupt $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/incoming \
+         $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/offline $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/purge \
+         $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/queue $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/temporary
+chown root:smtpq $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/offline
+chown smtpq:root $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/corrupt $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/incoming \
+                 $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/purge $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/queue \
+                 $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/temporary
+chmod 0700 $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/corrupt $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/incoming \
+           $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/queue $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/temporary
+chmod 0770 $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/offline
+chmod 0750 $PKG/var/spool/smtpd/purge
+
 find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
 for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done