diff --git a/srcpkgs/redsocks/files/redsocks/run b/srcpkgs/redsocks/files/redsocks/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08109ea5f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/redsocks/files/redsocks/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec 2>&1
+[ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
+exec chpst -u _redsocks:_redsocks redsocks ${OPTS:- -c /etc/redsocks.conf} 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/redsocks/template b/srcpkgs/redsocks/template
index f581b10edca..1ce6800ec97 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/redsocks/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/redsocks/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'redsocks'
 pkgname=redsocks
 version=0.5
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 makedepends="libevent-devel"
 short_desc="Transparent redirector of any TCP connection to a SOCKS or HTTP proxy"
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/darkk/redsocks"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/release-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="bbeb531d7f1986d7102f1bd6733dacce41d3f3ba7d604f1aab61c63e0ba2ee62"
+system_accounts="_redsocks"
 
 do_install() {
 	vsconf redsocks.conf.example
 	vdoc README
 	vbin redsocks
+	vsv redsocks
 }