--- /usr/portage/app-misc/uptimed/uptimed-0.3.16.ebuild
+++ /usr/local/portage/app-misc/uptimed/uptimed-0.3.16.ebuild
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd"
 IUSE=""
 
+pkg_setup() {
+	enewgroup uptimed
+	enewuser uptimed -1 -1 -1 uptimed
+}
+
 src_unpack() {
 	unpack ${A}
 	cd "${S}"
@@ -26,7 +31,10 @@
 
 src_install() {
 	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install || die "emake install failed."
+	diropts -o uptimed -g uptimed
+	dodir /var/run/uptimed
 	keepdir /var/spool/uptimed
+	fowners uptimed:uptimed /var/spool/uptimed
 	dodoc ChangeLog README TODO AUTHORS CREDITS INSTALL.cgi sample-cgi/*
 	doinitd "${FILESDIR}"/uptimed
 }