diff --git a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
index 1acaad8dea..c11d3bde49 100644
--- a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
+++ b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYSLOG_NG_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex host-pkgconf \
 	eventlog libglib2 openssl pcre
 # rabbit-mq needs -lrt
 SYSLOG_NG_CONF_ENV = LIBS=-lrt
-SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS = --disable-manpages
+SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS = --disable-manpages --localstatedir=/var/run
 
 # We override busybox's S01logging init script
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)