diff --git a/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwfxa.service b/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwfxa.service
index 8f48ea7a..08d5263c 100644
--- a/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwfxa.service
+++ b/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwfxa.service
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ After=syslog.target
 
 [Service]
 # Requires systemd version 211 or newer
+PermisssionsStartOnly=true
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir /var/run/mozdefmqwFxa
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chown -R mozdef:mozdef /var/run/mozdefmqwFxa
 User=mozdef
 Group=mozdef
 ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'cd /opt/mozdef/envs/mozdef/mq; source /opt/mozdef/envs/mozdef/bin/activate; uwsgi --ini mqwFxa.ini'
diff --git a/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwinfosecsqs.service b/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwinfosecsqs.service
index 57021498..68e1b4a8 100644
--- a/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwinfosecsqs.service
+++ b/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwinfosecsqs.service
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ After=syslog.target
 
 [Service]
 # Requires systemd version 211 or newer
+PermissionsStartOnly=true
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir /var/run/mozdefmqwInfosecSQS
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chown -R mozdef:mozdef /var/run/mozdefmqwInfosecSQS
 User=mozdef
 Group=mozdef
 ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'cd /opt/mozdef/envs/mozdef/mq; source /opt/mozdef/envs/mozdef/bin/activate; uwsgi --ini mqwInfosecSQS.ini'
diff --git a/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwnubis.service b/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwnubis.service
index 060d75a9..704962c0 100644
--- a/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwnubis.service
+++ b/systemdfiles/consumer/mozdefmqwnubis.service
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ After=syslog.target
 
 [Service]
 # Requires systemd version 211 or newer
+PermissionsStartOnly=true
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir /var/run/mozdefmqwNubis
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chown -R mozdef:mozdef /var/run/mozdefmqwNubis
 User=mozdef
 Group=mozdef
 ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'cd /opt/mozdef/envs/mozdef/mq; source /opt/mozdef/envs/mozdef/bin/activate; uwsgi --ini mqwNubis.ini'