diff --git a/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/scripts/xorg-configure b/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/scripts/xorg-configure
index ed3ae6fc41..32f0384b2a 100755
--- a/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/scripts/xorg-configure
+++ b/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/scripts/xorg-configure
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
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 mkdir -p /var/lib
+mkdir -p /var/run
 
 # HACK. we have xorg-configure@%. so nice race
 # can happen on multi-gpu setups