diff --git a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
index cf3607a661..4bcdb96602 100644
--- a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
+++ b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ define SWUPDATE_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	$(SWUPDATE_INSTALL_COMMON)
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/swupdate/swupdate.service \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/swupdate.service
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/swupdate/tmpfiles-swupdate.conf \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmpfiles-swupdate.conf
 endef
 define SWUPDATE_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(SWUPDATE_INSTALL_COMMON)
diff --git a/package/swupdate/tmpfiles-swupdate.conf b/package/swupdate/tmpfiles-swupdate.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4743672fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/swupdate/tmpfiles-swupdate.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+X /tmp/datadst
+X /tmp/scripts