diff --git a/net/cups/Makefile b/net/cups/Makefile
index 19dc405af..101f712c3 100644
--- a/net/cups/Makefile
+++ b/net/cups/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2009 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=cups
 PKG_VERSION:=1.3.7
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-source.tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:= \
diff --git a/net/cups/files/cupsd.init b/net/cups/files/cupsd.init
index c76121261..ebbda23d8 100644
--- a/net/cups/files/cupsd.init
+++ b/net/cups/files/cupsd.init
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 START=50
 
 start() {
+	mkdir -p /var/cache/cups
 	mkdir -p /var/cups
 	mkdir -p /var/spool/cups/tmp
 	/usr/sbin/cupsd