diff --git a/dms-greeter.spec b/dms-greeter.spec
index b5f19ac9..fad2a562 100644
--- a/dms-greeter.spec
+++ b/dms-greeter.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Source0:        {{{ git_dir_pack }}}
 
 BuildRequires:  git-core
 BuildRequires:  rpkg
+# For the _tmpfilesdir macro.
+BuildRequires: systemd-rpm-macros
 
 Requires:       greetd
 Requires:       (quickshell-git or quickshell)
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ chmod 755 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/dms-greeter-sync
 install -Dm644 Modules/Greetd/README.md %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/dms-greeter/README.md
 
 # Create cache directory for greeter data
-install -dm750 %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/cache/dms-greeter
+install -Dpm0644 ./systemd/tmpfiles-dms-greeter.conf %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}/dms-greeter.conf
 
 # Create greeter home directory
 install -dm755 %{buildroot}%{_sharedstatedir}/greeter
@@ -181,8 +183,7 @@ fi
 %{_bindir}/dms-greeter
 %{_bindir}/dms-greeter-sync
 %{_datadir}/quickshell/dms-greeter/
-%dir %attr(0750,greeter,greeter) %{_localstatedir}/cache/dms-greeter
-%dir %attr(0755,greeter,greeter) %{_sharedstatedir}/greeter
+%{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
 
 %pre
 # Create greeter user/group if they don't exist (greetd expects this)
diff --git a/systemd/tmpfiles-dms-greeter.conf b/systemd/tmpfiles-dms-greeter.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5f37541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/tmpfiles-dms-greeter.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#  Path            Mode User   Group  Age Argument
+d /var/cache/dms-greeter 0750 greeter greeter -
+d /var/lib/greeter 0755 greeter greeter -