diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk
index 54f153977c..ffcab1b77c 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="export ac_cv_have_abstract_sockets=yes \
                            --enable-inotify \
                            --without-valgrind \
                            --without-x \
-                           --with-dbus-user=dbus"
+                           --with-dbus-user=dbus \
+                           --runstatedir=/run \
+                           --with-system-socket=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket"
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/etc/rc.d
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/tmpfiles.d/z_02_dbus.conf b/packages/sysutils/dbus/tmpfiles.d/z_02_dbus.conf
index 66e89dade6..5f054ab243 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/tmpfiles.d/z_02_dbus.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus/tmpfiles.d/z_02_dbus.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 d    /var/lib/dbus            0755 root root - -
-d    /var/run/dbus            0755 root root - -
+d    /run/dbus                0755 root root - -
 
 L    /var/lib/dbus/machine-id - - - - /etc/machine-id