--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(AVAHI_AUTOIPD_GROUP,"
#
# Avahi runtime dir
-avahi_runtime_dir="/run"
+avahi_runtime_dir="${localstatedir}/run"
avahi_socket="${avahi_runtime_dir}/avahi-daemon/socket"
AC_SUBST(avahi_runtime_dir)
AC_SUBST(avahi_socket)