diff --git a/software/erp5/instance-erp5-production.cfg b/software/erp5/instance-erp5-production.cfg
index 54ad434236e7134682750605a893ab14e9e00caf..65bdcd2a4593ac5271fbf61ad46cf95d717ef646 100644
--- a/software/erp5/instance-erp5-production.cfg
+++ b/software/erp5/instance-erp5-production.cfg
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ parts =
   request-cloudooo
   request-memcached
   request-kumofs
+  basedirectory
 
 eggs-directory = ${buildout:eggs-directory}
 develop-eggs-directory = ${buildout:develop-eggs-directory}
@@ -46,3 +47,12 @@ software-type = memcached
 <=request-common
 name = KumoFS
 software-type = kumofs
+
+# rest of parts are candidates for some generic stuff
+[basedirectory]
+recipe = slapos.cookbook:mkdirectory
+services = $${rootdirectory:etc}/run/
+
+[rootdirectory]
+recipe = slapos.cookbook:mkdirectory
+etc = $${buildout:directory}/etc/
diff --git a/software/erp5/software.cfg b/software/erp5/software.cfg
index e548a6c3c27e6688ece9282f52cec363546bcca7..8ef700af6d23202dd633561f9c2280e1eb24047a 100644
--- a/software/erp5/software.cfg
+++ b/software/erp5/software.cfg
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ mode = 0644
 [template-erp5-production]
 recipe = slapos.recipe.template
 url = ${:_profile_base_location_}/instance-erp5-production.cfg
-md5sum = ab7fe40d25c797df202fd1ac72cf491d
+md5sum = aae40b189c51ade58479f15de98bdbc6
 output = ${buildout:directory}/template-erp5-production.cfg
 mode = 0644