diff --git a/macros.selinux-policy b/macros.selinux-policy
index 0d8bb2a..77f8aa9 100644
--- a/macros.selinux-policy
+++ b/macros.selinux-policy
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 %_selinux_store_policy_path %{_selinux_store_path}/${_policytype}
 
 %_file_context_file %{_sysconfdir}/selinux/${SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/files/file_contexts
-%_file_context_file_pre /run/rpm-state/file_contexts.pre
+%_file_context_file_pre /var/adm/update-scripts/file_contexts.pre
 
 %_file_custom_defined_booleans %{_selinux_store_policy_path}/rpmbooleans.custom
 %_file_custom_defined_booleans_tmp %{_selinux_store_policy_path}/rpmbooleans.custom.tmp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ if %{_sbindir}/selinuxenabled; then \
     _policytype="targeted" \
   fi \
   if [ "${SELINUXTYPE}" = "${_policytype}" ]; then \
-    mkdir -p /run/rpm-state \
+    mkdir -p $(dirname %{_file_context_file_pre}) \
     [ -f %{_file_context_file_pre} ] || cp -f %{_file_context_file} %{_file_context_file_pre} \
   fi \
 fi \
diff --git a/selinux-policy.changes b/selinux-policy.changes
index dc72c9d..81640ad 100644
--- a/selinux-policy.changes
+++ b/selinux-policy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  4 14:40:03 UTC 2023 - Johannes Segitz <jsegitz@suse.com>
+
+- Use /var/adm/update-scripts in macros.selinux-policy. The rpm state
+  directory doesn't exist on SUSE systems (bsc#1213593)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 19 07:57:02 UTC 2023 - Johannes Segitz <jsegitz@suse.com>