diff --git a/syslogd.changes b/syslogd.changes
index f2ce9ae..0e4f3e8 100644
--- a/syslogd.changes
+++ b/syslogd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun May 11 05:28:49 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- use %_rundir macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 15 14:12:57 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/syslogd.spec b/syslogd.spec
index 373be52..5d84816 100644
--- a/syslogd.spec
+++ b/syslogd.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 Name:           syslogd
 %define omc_prefix /usr/share/omc
 %define omc_svcdir %{omc_prefix}/svcinfo.d
+%if ! %{defined _rundir}
+%define _rundir %{_localstatedir}/run
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 %{?systemd_requires}
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ mv sample-s390.conf sample.conf
     mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man{5,8}
     mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/adm/fillup-templates
     mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{sysdsysunitdir}
-    mkdir -p -m 0755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/run/syslogd
+    mkdir -p -m 0755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_rundir}/syslogd
     make install MANDIR=%{_mandir} BINDIR=%{_sbindir} DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
     install -m 644 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/logrotate.d/syslog
     install -m 644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/adm/fillup-templates
@@ -293,7 +296,7 @@ rm -f /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/syslog.service
 %doc %{_mandir}/man8/sysklogd.8.gz
 %config %{sysdsysunitdir}/syslogd.service
 %{_sbindir}/syslogd-service-prepare
-%attr(0755,root,root) %dir %ghost /var/run/syslogd
+%attr(0755,root,root) %dir %ghost %{_rundir}/syslogd
 /usr/sbin/syslogd
 /sbin/syslogd