diff --git a/daemon.go b/daemon.go
index e3743a4..617bae6 100644
--- a/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 /*
-Package daemon 0.2.4 for use with Go (golang) services.
+Package daemon 0.2.5 for use with Go (golang) services.
 
 Package daemon provides primitives for daemonization of golang services.
 This package is not provide implementation of user daemon,
diff --git a/daemon_linux_systemv.go b/daemon_linux_systemv.go
index 7795772..8538c7d 100644
--- a/daemon_linux_systemv.go
+++ b/daemon_linux_systemv.go
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ lockfile="/var/lock/subsys/$proc"
 stdoutlog="/var/log/$proc.log"
 stderrlog="/var/log/$proc.err"
 
+[[ -d $(dirname $lockfile) ]] || mkdir -p $(dirname $lockfile)
+
 [ -e /etc/sysconfig/$proc ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$proc
 
 start() {