diff --git a/community/minio/APKBUILD b/community/minio/APKBUILD
index 87a01985c4b..4b9a82341ab 100644
--- a/community/minio/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/minio/APKBUILD
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ package() {
 
 	# This file might contain secrets.
 	install -Dm640 "$srcdir"/$pkgname.confd "$pkgdir"/etc/conf.d/$pkgname
+
+	install -d -m700 -o minio -g minio "$pkgdir"/var/lib/$pkgname
 }
 
 cleanup_srcdir() {
diff --git a/community/minio/minio.pre-install b/community/minio/minio.pre-install
index 3015873c0fd..3794c2adf88 100644
--- a/community/minio/minio.pre-install
+++ b/community/minio/minio.pre-install
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 addgroup -S minio 2>/dev/null
-adduser -S -D -h /var/lib/minio -s /sbin/nologin -G minio -g minio minio 2>/dev/null
+adduser -S -D -H -h /var/lib/minio -s /sbin/nologin -G minio -g minio minio 2>/dev/null
 
 exit 0