diff --git a/community/unrealircd/PKGBUILD b/community/unrealircd/PKGBUILD
index 5e52fe5db..9ff7e5d3a 100644
--- a/community/unrealircd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/unrealircd/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 pkgname=unrealircd
 pkgver=4.0.5
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="Open Source IRC Server"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://unrealircd.com"
diff --git a/community/unrealircd/unrealircd.install b/community/unrealircd/unrealircd.install
index 584125b6b..f076e425a 100644
--- a/community/unrealircd/unrealircd.install
+++ b/community/unrealircd/unrealircd.install
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 post_install() {
-  getent passwd ircd >/dev/null || useradd -r ircd
+  getent passwd ircd >/dev/null || useradd -r ircd -d /var/empty
   chown -R ircd {etc,var/{cache,log,lib}}/unrealircd
   systemd-tmpfiles --create unrealircd.conf
   echo "SSL is enabled by default, so you need to create pem files"