diff --git a/packaging/alpine/local/nifi/APKBUILD b/packaging/alpine/local/nifi/APKBUILD
index e6bbbda..742871b 100644
--- a/packaging/alpine/local/nifi/APKBUILD
+++ b/packaging/alpine/local/nifi/APKBUILD
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ package() {
 	rm -r "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/nifi/conf
 	ln -s /etc/nifi "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/nifi/conf
 
+	install -d -m 0750 -o nifi -g nifi "$pkgdir"/var/lib/nifi
 	for _dir in \
 		content_repository \
 		database_repository \
diff --git a/packaging/alpine/local/nifi/scripts/runtime-test.sh b/packaging/alpine/local/nifi/scripts/runtime-test.sh
index 74ec375..fe2ac0d 100755
--- a/packaging/alpine/local/nifi/scripts/runtime-test.sh
+++ b/packaging/alpine/local/nifi/scripts/runtime-test.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rc-update add nifi default || true
 test -L /etc/runlevels/default/nifi
 rc-service nifi start
 
-for _attempt in $(seq 1 60); do
+for _attempt in $(seq 1 300); do
 	if curl --fail --insecure --silent --show-error \
 		https://127.0.0.1:8443/nifi/ >/dev/null; then
 		break