diff -Naur strongswan-5.9.1-orig/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in strongswan-5.9.1/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in
--- strongswan-5.9.1-orig/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in	2020-10-16 08:36:37.000000000 -0400
+++ strongswan-5.9.1/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in	2021-02-12 14:06:09.985042362 -0500
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/@IPSEC_SCRIPT@ start --nofork
 Restart=on-abnormal
+RuntimeDirectory=strongswan
+RuntimeDirectoryMode=0755
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target