diff --git a/roles/kojipkgs/files/squid-tmpfiles b/roles/kojipkgs/files/squid-tmpfiles
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4188607b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kojipkgs/files/squid-tmpfiles
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+D /var/run/squid 0755 squid squid -
diff --git a/roles/kojipkgs/files/squid.conf b/roles/kojipkgs/files/squid.conf
index 8ea54b20e5..1ba2e3ab22 100644
--- a/roles/kojipkgs/files/squid.conf
+++ b/roles/kojipkgs/files/squid.conf
@@ -78,3 +78,9 @@ cache allow kojipkgs
 cache deny all
 
 coredump_dir /var/spool/squid
+
+# put the pid in the tmpdir with worker ipc sockets
+pid_filename /var/run/squid/squid.pid
+
+# Run in smp mode with 8 workers
+workers 8
diff --git a/roles/kojipkgs/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kojipkgs/tasks/main.yml
index b62d1668d5..e339ec99d3 100644
--- a/roles/kojipkgs/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kojipkgs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+#
+# This is before squid is installed on initial setup so it runs on squid install
+#
+- name: add squid tmpfiles.d to make run dir for smp ipc sockets. 
+  copy: src=squid-tmpfiles dest=/etc/tmpfiles.d/squid.conf owner=root group=root mode=644
+  tags:
+  - packages
+  - kojipkgs
 
 - name: install squid server packages
   yum: name={{ item }} state=present