diff --git a/sysvinit-2.88+dsf-run.diff b/sysvinit-2.88+dsf-run.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dc4df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysvinit-2.88+dsf-run.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use /run/utmp
+Index: src/paths.h
+===================================================================
+--- src/paths.h.orig
++++ src/paths.h
+@@ -48,3 +48,5 @@
+ #define REBOOTSCRIPT2	"/etc/rc.d/rc.6"	/* Ditto. */
+ #endif
+ 
++#undef UTMP_FILE
++#define UTMP_FILE "/run/utmp"
+Index: src/init.c
+===================================================================
+--- src/init.c.orig
++++ src/init.c
+@@ -2634,6 +2634,7 @@ void init_main(void)
+ 	 */
+ 	if ((fd = open(UTMP_FILE, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0644)) >= 0)
+ 		close(fd);
++	utmpname(UTMP_FILE);
+ 
+   	/*
+ 	 *	Say hello to the world
diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 1c90c74..4e8945f 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun  1 12:57:08 UTC 2011 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- use /run for utmp as that's already mounted by the initrd
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 19 12:53:51 CEST 2011 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/sysvinit.spec b/sysvinit.spec
index cd5118d..08f797b 100644
--- a/sysvinit.spec
+++ b/sysvinit.spec
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Patch2:         sysvinit-2.88dsf-suse.patch
 Patch3:         sysvinit-2.88dsf-no-kill.patch
 Patch4:         notify-pam-dead.patch
 Patch5:         sysvinit-2.88dsf-multiple-sulogin.patch
+Patch6:         sysvinit-2.88+dsf-run.diff
 Patch20:        powerd-2.0.2.dif
 Patch21:        powerd-2.0.2-getaddrinfo.patch
 Patch30:        killproc-2.19.dif
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ sysvinit package.
 %patch3  -p0 -b .no-kill
 %patch4  -p0 -b .pam
 %patch5  -p0 -b .sulogin
+%patch6  -p0 -b .run
 %patch
 pushd ../powerd-%{PDVER}
 %patch20