diff --git a/httpd.spec b/httpd.spec
index 860f8af..32cb463 100644
--- a/httpd.spec
+++ b/httpd.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Summary: Apache HTTP Server
 Name: httpd
 Version: 2.4.39
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 URL: https://httpd.apache.org/
 Source0: https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: index.html
@@ -739,6 +739,9 @@ exit $rv
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.httpd
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 21 2019 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 2.4.39-9
+- create instance-specific StateDir in httpd@.service, instance.conf
+
 * Thu Jun 20 2019 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 2.4.39-8
 - remove superfluous ap_hack_ symbols from httpd binary
 - more verbose %%check section
diff --git a/httpd@.service b/httpd@.service
index c58ae88..7649dff 100644
--- a/httpd@.service
+++ b/httpd@.service
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Environment=LANG=C
 Environment=HTTPD_INSTANCE=%i
 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -m 710 -p /run/httpd/instance-%i
 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown root.apache /run/httpd/instance-%i
+ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -m 700 -p /var/lib/httpd/instance-%i
+ExecStartPre=/bin/chown apache.apache /var/lib/httpd/instance-%i
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -DFOREGROUND -f conf/%i.conf
 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -k graceful -f conf/%i.conf
 # Send SIGWINCH for graceful stop
diff --git a/instance.conf b/instance.conf
index f2b03f7..074fb66 100644
--- a/instance.conf
+++ b/instance.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # This is an example instance-specific configuration file. See the
-# httpd.service(8) man page for detailed information on using the
+# httpd@.service(8) man page for detailed information on using the
 # the httpd@.service with instances.
 #
 # To use this example, copy instance.conf to /etc/httpd/conf/foobar.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #   # systemctl start httpd@foobar.service
 #
 # The changes compared to the default are:
-# - DefaultRuntime and Pidfile renamed to be instance-specific
+# - DefaultRuntime, DefaultStateDir and Pidfile renamed to instance-specific
 # - default logfile names are prefixed with the instance name
 # - /etc/httpd/conf.d is NOT included by default (conf.modules.d still is)
 #
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@
 #
 
 DefaultRuntimeDir /run/httpd/instance-${HTTPD_INSTANCE}
+DefaultStateDir /var/lib/httpd/instance-${HTTPD_INSTANCE}
 PidFile /run/httpd/instance-${HTTPD_INSTANCE}.pid