diff --git a/sv/nscd/run b/sv/nscd/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..23715cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sv/nscd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+mkdir -p /var/run/nscd
+exec /usr/sbin/nscd --foreground