--- a/scripts/fixconfig.in
+++ b/scripts/fixconfig.in
@@ -27,3 +27,3 @@ sysconfdir="@sysconfdir@"
 includedir="@includedir@"
-runstatedir="@localstatedir@/run" # @runstatedir@ if autoconf >= 2.70
+runstatedir="/run" # @runstatedir@ if autoconf >= 2.70
 if [ -d "@sysconfdir@/sysconfig" ]
