diff --git a/pcp.changes b/pcp.changes
index 9cdcbe0..4019b1d 100644
--- a/pcp.changes
+++ b/pcp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun May 11 05:56:19 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- use %_rundir if available
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr  9 14:27:02 UTC 2013 - schwab@suse.de
 
diff --git a/pcp.spec b/pcp.spec
index c619c80..175a38e 100644
--- a/pcp.spec
+++ b/pcp.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package pcp
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ Release:        0
 %define license_lgplv2plus	LGPLv2+
 %endif
 
+%if ! %{defined _rundir}
+%define _rundir %{_localstatedir}/run
+%endif
+
 Url:            http://oss.sgi.com/projects/pcp
 Source0:        ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/pcp/download/pcp-%{version}.src.tar.gz
 Source1:        pcp-rpmlintrc
@@ -308,7 +312,7 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/*.a
 # license entries. Remove these along with everything under testsuite.
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_localstatedir}/lib/pcp/testsuite
 
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_localstatedir}/run/pcp
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_rundir}/pcp
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_localstatedir}/lib/pcp/tmp
 
 %if (0%{?suse_version} > 0)
@@ -421,7 +425,7 @@ chown -R pcp:pcp /var/log/pcp/{pmcd,pmlogger,pmie,pmproxy} 2>/dev/null
 %{_sbindir}/rc*
 %endif
 
-%ghost %dir %{_localstatedir}/run/pcp
+%ghost %dir %{_rundir}/pcp
 %verify(not mode) %attr(755,root,root) %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/pcp/tmp
 %verify(not mode) %attr(755,root,root) %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/pcp/tmp/pmdabash
 %verify(not mode) %attr(755,root,root) %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/pcp/tmp/mmv