diff --git a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_agent/tasks/main.yml b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_agent/tasks/main.yml
index 433f4b84fa..23502093e7 100644
--- a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_agent/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_agent/tasks/main.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@
     owner: zabbix
     group: zabbix
 
+- name: Set ownership on /var/run/zabbix/
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /var/run/zabbix/
+    state: directory
+    recurse: yes
+    mode: 0770
+    owner: zabbix
+    group: zabbix
+
 - name: Ensuring we have a directory to put zabbix logs
   file:
     state: directory
diff --git a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/install.yml b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/install.yml
index f1b758bbaf..4025ebeb19 100644
--- a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/install.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@
   tags:
     - zabbix-configuration
 
+- name: Set ownership on /var/run/zabbix/
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /var/run/zabbix/
+    state: directory
+    recurse: yes
+    mode: 0770
+    owner: zabbix
+    group: zabbix
+
 - name: Set ownership on /etc/zabbix/web/
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: /etc/zabbix/web