diff --git a/openvswitch.changes b/openvswitch.changes
index 05048c6..0ade8b7 100644
--- a/openvswitch.changes
+++ b/openvswitch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 21 21:03:21 UTC 2018 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- set rundir to %_rundir
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar  1 10:39:54 UTC 2018 - mchandras@suse.de
 
diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index 4e0a0dd..38fbdac 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -341,9 +341,10 @@ popd
         cp -a %{SOURCE89} obj/$flavor/datapath/linux/Module.supported
         pushd obj/$flavor
         %configure \
-    	--with-logdir=%{_localstatedir}/log/openvswitch \
-	    --with-linux=%{_prefix}/src/linux-obj/%{_target_cpu}/$flavor \
-    	--with-linux-source=%{_prefix}/src/linux
+            --with-logdir=%{_localstatedir}/log/openvswitch \
+            --with-rundir=%{_rundir}/openvswitch \
+            --with-linux=%{_prefix}/src/linux-obj/%{_target_cpu}/$flavor \
+            --with-linux-source=%{_prefix}/src/linux
         cd datapath/linux
         make %{?_smp_mflags}
         popd
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ pushd source
         --enable-shared \
         --enable-ssl \
         ${dpdk_opt} \
+        --with-rundir=%{_rundir}/openvswitch \
         --with-logdir=%{_localstatedir}/log/openvswitch
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 popd