diff --git a/firewalld-runstatedir.patch b/firewalld-runstatedir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2295cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firewalld-runstatedir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/__init__.py.in b/__init__.py.in.new
+index d982384..6452e6d 100644
+--- a/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in
++++ b/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in
+@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ FIREWALLD_LOGFILE = '/var/log/firewalld'
+ 
+ FIREWALLD_LOGTARGET = '@DEFAULT_LOG_TARGET@'
+ 
+-FIREWALLD_PIDFILE = "/var/run/firewalld.pid"
++FIREWALLD_PIDFILE = "/run/firewalld.pid"
+ 
+ FIREWALLD_TEMPDIR = '/run/firewalld'
+ 
diff --git a/firewalld.changes b/firewalld.changes
index baaf120..00326bb 100644
--- a/firewalld.changes
+++ b/firewalld.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 16 20:03:26 UTC 2023 - Callum Farmer <gmbr3@opensuse.org>
+
+- Add firewalld-runstatedir.patch: change pid file location from
+  /var/run to /run
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 25 11:20:58 UTC 2023 - Mohd Saquib <mohd.saquib@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/firewalld.spec b/firewalld.spec
index 0d90570..37e8bc2 100644
--- a/firewalld.spec
+++ b/firewalld.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ URL:            https://www.firewalld.org
 Source0:        https://github.com/firewalld/firewalld/releases/download/v%{version}/firewalld-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        docker-zone.xml
 Patch0:         0002-Disable-FlushAllOnReload-option.patch
+Patch1:         firewalld-runstatedir.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils