diff -up rpcbind-1.2.8/src/rpcbind.c.orig rpcbind-1.2.8/src/rpcbind.c
--- rpcbind-1.2.8/src/rpcbind.c.orig	2025-07-26 16:57:24.000000000 -0400
+++ rpcbind-1.2.8/src/rpcbind.c	2025-07-26 17:15:51.933467872 -0400
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ static void version()
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 }
 
+char *systemdtmp = "/usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles --create rpcbind.conf";
+
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -221,13 +223,21 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	void *nc_handle;	/* Net config handle */
 	struct rlimit rl;
 	int maxrec = RPC_MAXDATASIZE;
+	int once = 1;
 
 	parseargs(argc, argv);
 
+tryagain:
 	/* Check that another rpcbind isn't already running. */
 	if ((rpcbindlockfd = (open(RPCBINDDLOCK,
-	    O_RDONLY|O_CREAT, 0444))) == -1)
+	    O_RDONLY|O_CREAT, 0444))) == -1) {
+		if (once) {
+			once = system(systemdtmp); /* set once to avoid a warning */
+			once = 0;
+			goto tryagain; 
+		}
 		err(1, "%s", RPCBINDDLOCK);
+	}
 
 	if(flock(rpcbindlockfd, LOCK_EX|LOCK_NB) == -1 && errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
 		errx(1, "another rpcbind is already running. Aborting");