diff --git a/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish.service b/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish.service
index d5b0aa66da9..acb6a532a27 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish.service
+++ b/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=Web Application Accelerator
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -a 0.0.0.0:80 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -T localhost:6082 -s malloc,64M -u nobody -g nobody -F
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -a 0.0.0.0:80 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -T localhost:6082 -s malloc,64M -u nobody -g nogroup -F
 ExecReload=/usr/bin/varnish-vcl-reload
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/srcpkgs/varnish/template b/srcpkgs/varnish/template
index dedbca0b024..fb92745adc2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/varnish/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/varnish/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'varnish'
 pkgname=varnish
 version=3.0.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
 makedepends="pkg-config pcre-devel readline-devel"
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ long_desc="
 subpackages="libvarnishapi libvarnishapi-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/varnish/default.vcl"
 systemd_services="varnish.service on"
+make_dirs="/var/varnish 750 nobody nogroup"
 
 post_install() {
 	# systemd reload helper