diff --git a/fail2ban/.footprint b/fail2ban/.footprint
index 4ed5d9263..5e55a4098 100644
--- a/fail2ban/.footprint
+++ b/fail2ban/.footprint
@@ -321,11 +321,11 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/__pycache__
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/__pycache__/tickettestcase.cpython-310.pyc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.pyc
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/action_d/
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/action_d/__init__.py
+-rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/action_d/__init__.py
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/action_d/__pycache__/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/action_d/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/action_d/__pycache__/test_smtp.cpython-310.pyc
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/action_d/test_smtp.py
+-rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/action_d/test_smtp.py
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/actionstestcase.py
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/actiontestcase.py
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fail2ban/tests/banmanagertestcase.py
diff --git a/fail2ban/.signature b/fail2ban/.signature
index 9172e6d71..c3c254ffb 100644
--- a/fail2ban/.signature
+++ b/fail2ban/.signature
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF3xFFFJKXR0GoJGIw/MMwGPQXStLZGdxab+yvW+pR8kU9qMPu/yTIolUu6HiJ+59R2BjFZwZj9VdwrEwi3YM7ngA=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = c28eb3eb6c8af0cdcc8e978f6594d1dc17d19920eb25b518893bcbe9263e40ae
-SHA256 (.footprint) = 820f8ec11bd2570df5ff505cc059a5f46e8aa7a24956065289cbb0bf543a64c7
+RWSagIOpLGJF3/4AZzdzFsH3GvO9Nyzfk0eRJfDWCfg0INgsq1GOKGs9snBHtaeRssIOfUrabNkB9wE6ZRLY02gByJm6Rw570gU=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = c0efbf39cfc0936e6f21d5ffec6e03178de324e9c4a24a70b37d86a2d9a16ea6
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 5e2bf20a8d01734c752ccdf62933609ca95b7eac0cf09055908d759ed08fcb36
 SHA256 (fail2ban-1.1.0.tar.gz) = 474fcc25afdaf929c74329d1e4d24420caabeea1ef2e041a267ce19269570bae
 SHA256 (2fed408c05ac5206b490368d94599869bd6a056d.patch) = 1a1a251de039cf567ac81be76ab2b516a44a68751b4432145159fe3b3a59a24a
 SHA256 (50ff131a0fd8f54fdeb14b48353f842ee8ae8c1a.patch) = b959a99fcdf1aa9966e33845fa7522cdf2cc256e98d5230ac47b28057ca70690
-SHA256 (fail2ban.rc) = 2ce3ca9c641dcaa29028909b4f9a2d7f22533ac9d3be9aba45a8362fcb4e36b0
+SHA256 (fail2ban.rc) = 550809c96019bf4d0af2a613f6c2ec0fb6a44089d673b1dffca697b22b52c891
 SHA256 (paths-crux.conf) = 7362f8bfadb65a670ccaf5fe6d318776c7f08dd065f8c772da5c825354674e7e
diff --git a/fail2ban/Pkgfile b/fail2ban/Pkgfile
index 2146e0556..4f563db95 100644
--- a/fail2ban/Pkgfile
+++ b/fail2ban/Pkgfile
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ build() {
 
   patch -Np1 -i $SRC/2fed408c05ac5206b490368d94599869bd6a056d.patch
   patch -Np1 -i $SRC/50ff131a0fd8f54fdeb14b48353f842ee8ae8c1a.patch
+
+  find . -mindepth 2 -type f -exec sed -i -e 's|/var\(/run/fail2ban\)|\1|g' {} +
+
   /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
   /usr/bin/python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG --prefix=/usr --skip-build
   /usr/bin/python3 -mcompileall $PKG
diff --git a/fail2ban/fail2ban.rc b/fail2ban/fail2ban.rc
index b98215a71..9f19d3450 100644
--- a/fail2ban/fail2ban.rc
+++ b/fail2ban/fail2ban.rc
@@ -3,46 +3,41 @@
 # /etc/rc.d/fail2ban: start/stop fail2ban daemon
 #
 
-# User settings here
-DAEMON=fail2ban-client
-export PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:"
+SSD=/sbin/start-stop-daemon
+PROG=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client
+PID=/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid
+OPTS="start"
 
 # Check for configuration files
 [ -f /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf ] || exit 1
 
-# If you have to edit this section for this or any other
-# port useage let me know, with a patch or added lines,
-# or simplely e-mail me the altered file and I'll include the changes.
-
-RETVAL=0
-
 case $1 in
 start)
-  echo -n "Starting $DAEMON..."
-  rm -rf /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock # in case of unclean shutdown
-  /usr/bin/$DAEMON start > /dev/null & RETVAL=$?
-  if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
-    echo " done."
-  fi
+  [ -d /run/fail2ban ] ||  mkdir /run/fail2ban
+  [ -e /run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock ] && rm /run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock
+  $SSD --start --pidfile $PID --exec $PROG -- $OPTS > /dev/null
   ;;
 stop)
-  echo -n "Shutting down $DAEMON..."
-  /usr/bin/$DAEMON stop > /dev/null
-  RETVAL=$?
-  echo " done."
+  $PROG stop > /dev/null
   ;;
 restart)
   $0 stop
   sleep 2
   $0 start
-  RETVAL=$?
+  ;;
+reload)
+  $PROG reload
+  ;;
+status)
+  $PROG status
+  ;;
+stats)
+  $PROG stats
   ;;
 *)
-  echo "usage: $0 [start|stop|restart]"
+  echo "usage: $0 [start|stop|restart|reload|status|stats]"
   exit 1
   ;;
 esac
 
-exit $RETVAL
-
 # End of file