diff --git a/usr/sbin/cpfpd b/usr/sbin/cpfpd
index a88f991..43d26b2 100755
--- a/usr/sbin/cpfpd
+++ b/usr/sbin/cpfpd
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ class ControlPortFilter():
         self.stdin_path = '/dev/null'
         self.stdout_path = '/dev/null'
         self.stderr_path = '/dev/null'
+        if not os.path.exists('/var/run/control-port-filter-python'):
+            os.mkdir('/var/run/control-port-filter-python')
         self.pidfile_path =  '/var/run/control-port-filter-python/pid'
         self.pidfile_timeout = 5