diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.mk b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
index 097b89205e..c60bf473cd 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.mk
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ DBUS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-xml-docs \
 	--disable-doxygen-docs \
 	--with-system-socket=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket \
-	--with-system-pid-file=/run/messagebus.pid
+	--with-system-pid-file=/run/messagebus.pid \
+	--runstatedir=/run
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 DBUS_CONF_OPTS += LIBS='-pthread'