diff --git a/pdns-mysql/Dockerfile b/pdns-mysql/Dockerfile
index c65817d..fb728c7 100644
--- a/pdns-mysql/Dockerfile
+++ b/pdns-mysql/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ RUN arch=$([ "$(arch)" = 'aarch64' ] && echo -n 'arm64' || echo -n 'amd64') \
   && dnf --setopt 'tsflags=' install pdns-backend-mysql \
   && dnf clean all
 
+RUN mkdir -p /run/pdns \
+  && chown -R pdns: /etc/pdns /run/pdns
+
 COPY pdns.conf.tpl docker-entrypoint.sh /
 
 ENV VERSION=4.8 \
diff --git a/pdns-mysql/Dockerfile.alpine b/pdns-mysql/Dockerfile.alpine
index f06ba23..e10484c 100644
--- a/pdns-mysql/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/pdns-mysql/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ RUN arch=$([ "$(arch)" = 'aarch64' ] && echo -n 'arm64' || echo -n 'amd64') \
   && apk add --allow-untrusted subvars.apk \
   && rm -rf subvars.apk /var/cache/apk/*
 
+RUN mkdir -p /run/pdns \
+  && chown -R pdns: /etc/pdns /run/pdns
+
 COPY pdns.conf.tpl docker-entrypoint.sh /
 
 ENV VERSION=4.8 \
diff --git a/pdns-pgsql/Dockerfile b/pdns-pgsql/Dockerfile
index eb8baa8..36c714b 100644
--- a/pdns-pgsql/Dockerfile
+++ b/pdns-pgsql/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ RUN arch=$([ "$(arch)" = 'aarch64' ] && echo -n 'arm64' || echo -n 'amd64') \
   && dnf --setopt 'tsflags=' install pdns-backend-postgresql \
   && dnf clean all
 
+RUN mkdir -p /run/pdns \
+  && chown -R pdns: /etc/pdns /run/pdns
+
 COPY pdns.conf.tpl docker-entrypoint.sh /
 
 ENV VERSION=4.8 \
diff --git a/pdns-pgsql/Dockerfile.alpine b/pdns-pgsql/Dockerfile.alpine
index 6d44ea0..2617441 100644
--- a/pdns-pgsql/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/pdns-pgsql/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ RUN arch=$([ "$(arch)" = 'aarch64' ] && echo -n 'arm64' || echo -n 'amd64') \
   && apk add --allow-untrusted subvars.apk \
   && rm -rf subvars.apk /var/cache/apk/*
 
+RUN mkdir -p /run/pdns \
+  && chown -R pdns: /etc/pdns /run/pdns
+
 COPY pdns.conf.tpl docker-entrypoint.sh /
 
 ENV VERSION=4.8 \
diff --git a/pdns-recursor/Dockerfile b/pdns-recursor/Dockerfile
index f6b1221..39dce9f 100644
--- a/pdns-recursor/Dockerfile
+++ b/pdns-recursor/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN arch=$([ "$(arch)" = 'aarch64' ] && echo -n 'arm64' || echo -n 'amd64') \
   && dnf clean all
 
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/pdns-recursor/api.d /run/pdns-recursor \
-  && chown -R pdns-recursor: /etc/pdns-recursor/api.d /run/pdns-recursor
+  && chown -R pdns-recursor: /etc/pdns-recursor /run/pdns-recursor
 
 COPY recursor.conf.tpl docker-entrypoint.sh /
 
diff --git a/pdns-recursor/Dockerfile.alpine b/pdns-recursor/Dockerfile.alpine
index ac5a9fa..841c8e3 100644
--- a/pdns-recursor/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/pdns-recursor/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN arch=$([ "$(arch)" = 'aarch64' ] && echo -n 'arm64' || echo -n 'amd64') \
   && rm -rf subvars.apk /var/cache/apk/*
 
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/pdns/api.d /var/run/pdns-recursor \
-  && chown -R recursor: /etc/pdns/api.d /var/run/pdns-recursor
+  && chown -R recursor: /etc/pdns /var/run/pdns-recursor
 
 COPY recursor.conf.tpl docker-entrypoint.sh /