diff --git a/packages/sysutils/irserver/patches/irserver-6.03.08-lirc_0.8.6.patch b/packages/sysutils/irserver/patches/irserver-6.03.08-lirc_0.8.6.patch
index f16c677244..15751a7089 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/irserver/patches/irserver-6.03.08-lirc_0.8.6.patch
+++ b/packages/sysutils/irserver/patches/irserver-6.03.08-lirc_0.8.6.patch
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ diff -Naur irserver-20100817-old/server.c irserver-20100817-new/server.c
  #ifdef LINUX
  SOCKET local_socket;
 -#define LIRCD			"/dev/lircd"
-+#define LIRCD			"/var/run/lirc/lircd.irtrans"
++#define LIRCD			"/run/lirc/lircd.irtrans"
  #define PERMISSIONS		0666
  #endif
  
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/irserver/tmpfiles.d/63_irserver.conf b/packages/sysutils/irserver/tmpfiles.d/63_irserver.conf
index 905c203b9a..e9c344b64f 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/irserver/tmpfiles.d/63_irserver.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/irserver/tmpfiles.d/63_irserver.conf
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 #  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ################################################################################
 
-d    /var/run/lirc     0755 root root - -
+d    /run/lirc     0755 root root - -