diff --git a/puppet/zulip/manifests/profile/redis.pp b/puppet/zulip/manifests/profile/redis.pp
index 0ed67e4800..083bfb2305 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/manifests/profile/redis.pp
+++ b/puppet/zulip/manifests/profile/redis.pp
@@ -60,9 +60,19 @@ class zulip::profile::redis {
     content => template('zulip/zulip-redis.template.erb'),
   }
 
+  file { '/run/redis':
+    ensure  => 'directory',
+    owner   => 'redis',
+    group   => 'redis',
+    mode    => '0755',
+    require => Package[$redis],
+  }
   service { $redis:
     ensure    => running,
-    subscribe => [File[$zulip_redisconf],
-                  Exec['redis']],
+    require   => File['/run/redis'],
+    subscribe => [
+      File[$zulip_redisconf],
+      Exec['redis'],
+    ],
   }
 }