--- /usr/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-3.0.ebuild	2012-12-21 21:01:20.000000000 +0400
+++ pulseaudio-3.0.ebuild	2012-12-26 13:53:55.988428321 +0400
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 	if use system-wide; then
 		enewgroup pulse-access
 		enewgroup pulse
-		enewuser pulse -1 -1 /var/run/pulse pulse,audio
+		enewuser pulse -1 -1 /var/lib/pulse pulse,audio
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -191,8 +191,11 @@
 		popd
 	fi
 
-	# Create the state directory
-	use prefix || diropts -o pulse -g pulse -m0755
+	if use system-wide; then
+		# Create the state directory
+		use prefix || diropts -o pulse -g pulse -m0755
+		keepdir /var/lib/pulse
+	fi
 
 	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete
 }