diff --git a/multimedia/minidlna/files/minidlna.init b/multimedia/minidlna/files/minidlna.init
index 5d7bc6dd7..581c8d1f5 100644
--- a/multimedia/minidlna/files/minidlna.init
+++ b/multimedia/minidlna/files/minidlna.init
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ minidlna_create_config() {
 
 start() {
 	local enabled
+	local db_dir
+	local log_dir
 
 	config_load 'minidlna'
 	config_get_bool enabled config 'enabled' '0'
@@ -80,9 +82,12 @@ start() {
 	[ "$enabled" -gt 0 ] || return 1
 
 	minidlna_create_config config || return 1
+	
+	config_get db_dir config 'db_dir' '/var/run/minidlna'
+	config_get log_dir config 'log_dir' '/var/log'
 
-	mkdir -m 0755 -p /var/log
-	mkdir -m 0755 -p /var/run/minidlna
+	mkdir -m 0755 -p $db_dir
+	mkdir -m 0755 -p $log_dir
 	service_start /usr/bin/minidlna -f "$MINIDLNA_CONFIG_FILE"
 }