diff --git a/valkey.spec b/valkey.spec
index f1bc62c..cb9d50d 100644
--- a/valkey.spec
+++ b/valkey.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:              valkey
 Version:           8.0.4
-Release:           1%{?dist}
+Release:           2%{?dist}
 Summary:           A persistent key-value database
 # valkey: BSD-3-Clause
 # hiredis: BSD-3-Clause
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Source1:           %{name}.logrotate
 Source2:           %{name}-sentinel.service
 Source3:           %{name}.service
 Source4:           %{name}.sysusers
+Source5:           %{name}.tmpfiles
 Source8:           macros.%{name}
 Source9:           migrate_redis_to_valkey.sh
 
@@ -163,6 +164,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
 # System user
 install -p -D -m 0644 %{S:4} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/%{name}.conf
 
+# Install tmpfiles.d file
+install -p -D -m 0644 %{S:5} %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
+
 # Filesystem.
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_sharedstatedir}/%{name}
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}
@@ -248,6 +252,7 @@ taskset -c 1 ./runtest --clients 50 --skiptest "Active defrag - AOF loading"
 %{_unitdir}/%{name}-sentinel.service
 %dir %attr(0755, valkey, valkey) %ghost %{_localstatedir}/run/%{name}
 %{_sysusersdir}/%{name}.conf
+%{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
 
 
 %files devel
@@ -263,6 +268,9 @@ taskset -c 1 ./runtest --clients 50 --skiptest "Active defrag - AOF loading"
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug  1 2025 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> - 8.0.4-2
+- fix ImageMode: add tmpfiles.d entries for directories below /var
+
 * Wed Jul 16 2025 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> - 8.0.4-1
 - rebase to 8.0.4 for CVE-2025-27151 CVE-2025-48367 and CVE-2025-32023
 
diff --git a/valkey.tmpfiles b/valkey.tmpfiles
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2383ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/valkey.tmpfiles
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+D /run/valkey 0755 valkey valkey -
+d /var/lib/valkey 0750 valkey valkey -
+d /var/log/valkey 0750 valkey valkey -