diff --git a/src/daemon/meson.build b/src/daemon/meson.build
index 31e36ec01..51c6161b4 100644
--- a/src/daemon/meson.build
+++ b/src/daemon/meson.build
@@ -170,4 +170,8 @@ if systemd_dep.found()
   install_data('systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket',
     install_dir: systemduserunitdir,
   )
+
+  install_data('systemd/pulse.conf',
+    install_dir: join_paths(sysconfdir,'tmpfiles.d', 'pulse.conf')
+  )
 endif
diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd/pulse.conf b/src/daemon/systemd/pulse.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d38d88597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd/pulse.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /var/run/pulse 0755 pulse pulse -