diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus_1.14.8.bb b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus_1.14.8.bb
index 2ba56bf782..4da307ecb3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus_1.14.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus_1.14.8.bb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-xml-docs \
                 --enable-tests \
                 --enable-checks \
                 --enable-asserts \
+                --runstatedir=/run \
                 "
 EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-target = " SYSTEMCTL=${base_bindir}/systemctl"
 
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ do_install() {
 		sed 's:@bindir@:${bindir}:' < ${WORKDIR}/dbus-1.init >${WORKDIR}/dbus-1.init.sh
 		install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/dbus-1.init.sh ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/dbus-1
 		install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles
-		echo "d messagebus messagebus 0755 ${localstatedir}/run/dbus none" \
+		echo "d messagebus messagebus 0755 /run/dbus none" \
 		     > ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles/99_dbus
 	fi