diff --git a/extra/acpid/build b/extra/acpid/build
index 258802e7..04739804 100755
--- a/extra/acpid/build
+++ b/extra/acpid/build
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 make
 make DESTDIR="$1" install
 
-# Install runit service.
-install -Dm755 acpid.run         "$1/etc/sv/acpid/run"
-ln -s /run/runit/supervise.acpid "$1/etc/sv/acpid/supervise"
+mkdir -p \
+    "$1/etc/acpi/events" \
+    "$1/etc/sv/acpid"
+
+cp -f acpid.run "$1/etc/sv/acpid/run"
+ln -sf /run/runit/supervise.acpid "$1/etc/sv/acpid/supervise"
 
-# Required otherwise daemon fails to launch.
-mkdir -p "$1/etc/acpi/events"