data/Makefile.am           | 3 +++
 data/tmpfiles/lightdm.conf | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 70e404db..1b159816 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -58,3 +58,6 @@ control_SCRIPTS += lightdm-login-unknown
 
 unitdir = /lib/systemd/system
 unit_DATA = lightdm.service
+
+tmpfilesdir = /lib/tmpfiles.d
+tmpfiles_DATA = tmpfiles/lightdm.conf
diff --git a/data/tmpfiles/lightdm.conf b/data/tmpfiles/lightdm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..762496c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/tmpfiles/lightdm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /run/lightdm 0775 _ldm _ldm