diff --git a/package/rene/cups/cups.conf b/package/rene/cups/cups.conf
index ef8e871c7..0ffe2d0f9 100644
--- a/package/rene/cups/cups.conf
+++ b/package/rene/cups/cups.conf
@@ -20,15 +20,20 @@
 # 
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-cups_pm() {
+cups_pm(){
 	install_init cups $confdir/cups.init
-}
 
-srctar="cups-$ver-source.tar.bz2"
-postmake=cups_pm
+	# cups is too stupid to create the ../tmp dir itself - only
+	# needed for some ipp transfers (...?) -ReneR
+	mkdir -p $root/var/spool/cups/tmp
+	chown daemon:daemon $root/var/spool/cups/tmp
+}
 
-confopt="$copfopt --with-logdir=/var/cups/log --with-cups-user=daemon --with-cups-group=daemon"
+var_append copfopt "--with-logdir=/var/cups/log
+                    --with-cups-user=daemon --with-cups-group=daemon"
 
 # Force same compiler version for C and C++
 export CC="${CXX/[cg]++/gcc}"
 
+hook_add postmake 5 cups_pm
+