diff --git a/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/Makefile b/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/Makefile
index c7710f1c2..4ba44fc89 100644
--- a/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/Makefile
+++ b/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #   PGSERVICE - Name of the PostgreSQL systemd service
 #   PGUSER - Name of pScheduler PostgreSQL account
 #   PSUSER - Name of pScheduler user account
-#   RUNDIR - Location of run directory (nominally /run)
+#   STORAGEDIR - Location of temporary storage.  Must not be
+#                  in a directory where 'noexec' is in effect.
 #   VAR - Location of /var directory
 #
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ ifndef PSUSER
 endif
 	sed \
 		-e 's|__PSUSER__|$(PSUSER)|g' \
-		-e 's|__RUNDIR__|$(RUNDIR)|g' \
+		-e 's|__STORAGEDIR__|$(STORAGEDIR)|g' \
 		< $< > $@
 	@if egrep -e '__[A-Z_]+__' $@ ; then \
 		echo "Found un-substituted values in processed file $@" ; \
@@ -150,8 +151,8 @@ ifndef PGSERVICE
 	@echo No PGSERVICE specified for build
 	@false
 endif
-ifndef RUNDIR
-	@echo No RUNDIR specified for build
+ifndef STORAGEDIR
+	@echo No STORAGEDIR specified for build
 	@false
 endif
 ifndef VAR
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ endif
 		-e 's|__DSN__|$(DSNFILE)|g' \
 		-e 's|__PROG__|$(@:service-%=%)|g' \
 		-e 's|__PSUSER__|$(PSUSER)|g' \
-		-e 's|__RUNDIR__|$(RUNDIR)|g' \
+		-e 's|__STORAGEDIR__|$(STORAGEDIR)|g' \
 		-e 's|__VAR__|$(VAR)|g' \
 		-e 's|__LOGDIR__|$(LOGDIR)|g' \
 		-e 's|__PGSERVICE__|$(PGSERVICE)|g' \
@@ -215,6 +216,10 @@ endif
 ifndef INTERNALSDIR
 	@echo No INTERNALSDIR specified for installation
 	@false
+endif
+ifndef STORAGEDIR
+	@echo No STORAGEDIR specified for installation
+	@false
 endif
 	mkdir -p $(CONFIGDIR)
 	cp -f $(CONFIGS) $(CONFIGDIR)
@@ -228,6 +233,8 @@ endif
 	mkdir -p $(INTERNALSDIR)
 	cp -f $(INTERNALS) $(INTERNALSDIR)
 	chmod 555 $(INTERNALS:%=$(INTERNALSDIR)/%)
+	mkdir -p $(STORAGEDIR)
+	chmod 700 $(STORAGEDIR)
 	mkdir -p $(UNITDIR)
 	@for SCRIPT in $(DAEMONS) ; \
 	do \
diff --git a/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/debug.raw b/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/debug.raw
index e0a6c3fd2..bafd89c28 100755
--- a/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/debug.raw
+++ b/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/debug.raw
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ do
 	continue
     fi
 
-    PID_FILE="__RUNDIR__/${SERVICE}/pid"
+    PID_FILE="__STORAGEDIR__/${SERVICE}/pid"
     if [ ! -r "${PID_FILE}" ]
     then
 	echo "Warning: ${SERVICE} does not appear to be running." 1>&2
diff --git a/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/service-template.raw b/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/service-template.raw
index 1d1d5b7f6..4107ebf78 100644
--- a/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/service-template.raw
+++ b/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/daemons/service-template.raw
@@ -14,31 +14,31 @@ LimitNPROC=32768
 Restart=always
 
 # Create the run directory
-ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir -p __RUNDIR__/__PROG__
-ExecStartPre=-/bin/chmod 755 __RUNDIR__/__PROG__
+ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir -p __STORAGEDIR__/__PROG__
+ExecStartPre=-/bin/chmod 755 __STORAGEDIR__/__PROG__
 
 # Set up some temporary space and export its location
-ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir -p __RUNDIR__/__PROG__/tmp
-ExecStartPre=-/bin/chmod 700 __RUNDIR__/__PROG__/tmp
-Environment=TMPDIR=__RUNDIR__/__PROG__/tmp
+ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir -p __STORAGEDIR__/__PROG__/tmp
+ExecStartPre=-/bin/chmod 700 __STORAGEDIR__/__PROG__/tmp
+Environment=TMPDIR=__STORAGEDIR__/__PROG__/tmp
 
 # Set ownership
-ExecStartPre=-/bin/chown -R __PSUSER__:__PSUSER__ __RUNDIR__/__PROG__
+ExecStartPre=-/bin/chown -R __PSUSER__:__PSUSER__ __STORAGEDIR__/__PROG__
 
 
 # Generate options file
-ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c "if [ -r __CONFIGDIR__/__PROG__.conf ]; then opts=$(sed -e 's/#.*$//' __CONFIGDIR__/__PROG__.conf); echo OPTIONS=$opts > __RUNDIR__/__PROG__/options; chown __PSUSER__:__PSUSER__ __RUNDIR__/__PROG__/options; fi"
+ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c "if [ -r __CONFIGDIR__/__PROG__.conf ]; then opts=$(sed -e 's/#.*$//' __CONFIGDIR__/__PROG__.conf); echo OPTIONS=$opts > __STORAGEDIR__/__PROG__/options; chown __PSUSER__:__PSUSER__ __STORAGEDIR__/__PROG__/options; fi"
 
 # Redirections
 StandardOutput=journal
 StandardError=journal
 
 # Start service
-EnvironmentFile=-__RUNDIR__/__PROG__/options
+EnvironmentFile=-__STORAGEDIR__/__PROG__/options
 ExecStart=__DAEMONDIR__/__PROG__ --dsn @__DSN__ $OPTIONS
 
 # Stop service
-ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -rf __RUNDIR__/__PROG__
+ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -rf __STORAGEDIR__/__PROG__
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/unibuild-packaging/deb/rules b/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/unibuild-packaging/deb/rules
index 2c555da5e..5c5597597 100755
--- a/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/unibuild-packaging/deb/rules
+++ b/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/unibuild-packaging/deb/rules
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 		PGUSER=pscheduler \
 		PSUSER=pscheduler \
 		ARCHIVERDEFAULTDIR=/etc/pscheduler/default-archives \
-		RUNDIR=/var/run/pscheduler-server \
+		STORAGEDIR=/var/pscheduler-server \
 		VAR=/var
 
 	make -C utilities \
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 		DAEMONDIR=$(ROOT)/usr/lib/pscheduler/daemons \
 		COMMANDDIR=$(ROOT)/usr/lib/pscheduler/commands \
 		INTERNALSDIR=$(ROOT)/usr/lib/pscheduler/internals \
+		STORAGEDIR=$(ROOT)/usr/lib/pscheduler/internals \
 		install
 
 	make -C utilities \
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 		PREFIX=$(ROOT) \
 		DSN_FILE=/etc/pscheduler/database/database-dsn \
 		LIMITS_FILE=/etc/pscheduler/limits.conf \
-		RUN_DIR=/var/run/pscheduler-server \
+		RUN_DIR=/var/pscheduler-server \
 		PYTHON=$(PYTHON) \
 		install
 	cp api-server/*.py api-server/*.wsgi $(ROOT)/usr/share/pscheduler/api-server/
diff --git a/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/unibuild-packaging/rpm/pscheduler-server.spec b/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/unibuild-packaging/rpm/pscheduler-server.spec
index 2b516a14c..df5fc4ba1 100644
--- a/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/unibuild-packaging/rpm/pscheduler-server.spec
+++ b/pscheduler-server/pscheduler-server/unibuild-packaging/rpm/pscheduler-server.spec
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ The pScheduler server
 
 %define server_conf_dir %{_pscheduler_sysconfdir}
 # Runtime space for PID files and debug flags.
-%define run_dir  %{_rundir}/%{name}
+%define storage_dir  %{_localstatedir}/%{name}
 
 # Note that we want this here because it seems to work well without
 # assistance on systems where selinux is enabled.  Anywhere else and
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ make -C daemons \
      PGUSER=%{_pscheduler_database_user} \
      PSUSER=%{_pscheduler_user} \
      ARCHIVERDEFAULTDIR=%{archiver_default_dir} \
-     RUNDIR=%{run_dir} \
+     STORAGEDIR=%{storage_dir} \
      VAR=%{_var}
 
 #
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ make -C daemons \
      DAEMONDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_pscheduler_daemons} \
      COMMANDDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_pscheduler_commands} \
      INTERNALSDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_pscheduler_internals} \
+     STORAGEDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{storage_dir} \
      install
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{archiver_default_dir}
@@ -612,6 +613,7 @@ systemctl reload-or-try-restart postgresql
 
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %license LICENSE
+%attr(700,%{_pscheduler_user},%{_pscheduler_group})%verify(user group mode) %{storage_dir}
 %attr(755,%{_pscheduler_user},%{_pscheduler_group})%verify(user group mode) %{daemon_config_dir}
 %attr(600,%{_pscheduler_user},%{_pscheduler_group})%verify(user group mode) %config(noreplace) %{daemon_config_dir}/*
 %{_unitdir}/*