diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/run_fpm.js b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/run_fpm.js
index c49ff01b24086..0496bcf08fb91 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/run_fpm.js
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/run_fpm.js
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ export async function runFpm(config, log, build, type, pkgSpecificFlags) {
     // copy the data directory at /var/lib/kibana
     `${resolveWithTrailingSlash(fromBuild('data'))}=/var/lib/kibana/`,
 
-    // copy the generated pleaserun services for systemd and sysv into /etc/
-    `${resolveWithTrailingSlash(__dirname, 'service_templates/sysv/etc')}=/etc/`,
-    `${resolveWithTrailingSlash(__dirname, 'service_templates/systemd/etc')}=/etc/`,
+    // copy package configurations
+    `${resolveWithTrailingSlash(__dirname, 'service_templates/sysv/')}=/`,
+    `${resolveWithTrailingSlash(__dirname, 'service_templates/systemd/')}=/`,
   ];
 
   log.debug('calling fpm with args:', args);
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/service_templates/systemd/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/kibana.conf b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/service_templates/systemd/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/kibana.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b5422df52fe11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/service_templates/systemd/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/kibana.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d    /var/run/kibana  0755 kibana kibana - -
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/service_templates/sysv/etc/init.d/kibana b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/service_templates/sysv/etc/init.d/kibana
index ce29fd12b8e3c..d935dc6e31f80 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/service_templates/sysv/etc/init.d/kibana
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/service_templates/sysv/etc/init.d/kibana
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 name=kibana
 program=/usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana
-pidfile="/var/run/$name.pid"
+pidfile="/var/run/kibana/$name.pid"
 
 [ -r /etc/default/$name ] && . /etc/default/$name
 [ -r /etc/sysconfig/$name ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$name
@@ -37,17 +37,13 @@ emit() {
 }
 
 start() {
-
-  # Ensure the log directory is setup correctly.
   [ ! -d "/var/log/kibana/" ] && mkdir "/var/log/kibana/"
   chown "$user":"$group" "/var/log/kibana/"
   chmod 755 "/var/log/kibana/"
 
-
-  # Setup any environmental stuff beforehand
-
-
-  # Run the program!
+  [ ! -d "/var/run/kibana/" ] && mkdir "/var/run/kibana/"
+  chown "$user":"$group" "/var/run/kibana/"
+  chmod 755 "/var/run/kibana/"
 
   chroot --userspec "$user":"$group" "$chroot" sh -c "