diff --git a/package/irqbalance/irqbalance.service b/package/irqbalance/irqbalance.service
index 9ba3be43bb..39574877fb 100644
--- a/package/irqbalance/irqbalance.service
+++ b/package/irqbalance/irqbalance.service
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=irqbalance daemon
 After=syslog.target
 
 [Service]
+RuntimeDirectory=irqbalance
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/irqbalance --foreground
 
 [Install]