diff --git a/start b/start
index a08bb44..1a0b248 100755
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ PG_DATADIR="/var/lib/postgresql/${PG_VERSION}/main"
 chown -R postgres:postgres /var/lib/postgresql
 chmod 700 /var/lib/postgresql
 
+# fix permissions and ownership of /var/run/postgresql
+chown -R postgres:postgres /var/run/postgresql
+chmod 775 /var/run/postgresql
+chmod g+s /var/run/postgresql
+
 # disable ssl
 sed 's/ssl = true/#ssl = true/' -i ${PG_CONFDIR}/postgresql.conf