diff --git a/srcpkgs/snapper/files/snapperd/run b/srcpkgs/snapper/files/snapperd/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..34e9216df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/snapper/files/snapperd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec snapperd
diff --git a/srcpkgs/snapper/template b/srcpkgs/snapper/template
index be5a4722b2..975319090e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/snapper/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/snapper/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'snapper'
 pkgname=snapper
-version=0.2.3
+version=0.2.4
 revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://snapper.io"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=6c78fc57ac018f7536a03971927f2b17f1f048f87e26689609028f51500c9c6a
+checksum=8fc70b8e7a39dc3249ce9141e2c5f0623bb80f8e4150a543d8ed04d2ad27f399
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# rename cron scripts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ pre_configure() {
 
 post_install() {
 	vinstall data/sysconfig.snapper 644 etc/conf.d snapper
+
+	vsv snapperd
 }
 
 libsnapper_package() {