2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/container/start b/libexec/container/start
index 7b95866..1f22325 100755
--- a/libexec/container/start
+++ b/libexec/container/start
@@ -556,6 +556,9 @@ case "${START}" in
 				;;
 		esac
 
+		mkdir -p "/var/lib/${SOFTWARE}/state"
+		echo "start" > "/var/lib/${SOFTWARE}/state/${NAME}.run"
+
 		${SETARCH} systemd-nspawn --keep-unit ${BIND} ${BIND_RO} ${BOOT} ${CAPABILITY} ${DIRECTORY} ${DROP_CAPABILITY} ${MACHINE} ${NETWORK_VETH_EXTRA} ${LINK_JOURNAL} ${REGISTER}
 
 		case "${VERBOSE}" in
diff --git a/libexec/container/stop b/libexec/container/stop
index 2d81523..793b323 100755
--- a/libexec/container/stop
+++ b/libexec/container/stop
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ case "${KILL}" in
 		;;
 esac
 
+mkdir -p "/var/lib/${SOFTWARE}/state"
+echo "stop" > "/var/lib/${SOFTWARE}/state/${NAME}.run"
+
 case "${VERBOSE}" in
 	true)
 		echo " done."