diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 4a0c121a7d..9b0a46702b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ endif WITH_LIBVIRTD
 %.8: %.8.in $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
 	$(AM_V_GEN)sed \
 		-e 's|[@]sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g' \
-		-e 's|[@]localstatedir[@]|$(localstatedir)|g' \
+		-e 's|[@]runstatedir[@]|$(runstatedir)|g' \
 		< $< > $@-t && \
 	mv $@-t $@
 
diff --git a/src/locking/Makefile.inc.am b/src/locking/Makefile.inc.am
index 5c2361a581..4f178a97ab 100644
--- a/src/locking/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/locking/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ virtlockd.8.in: locking/virtlockd.pod
 	if grep 'POD ERROR' $@-t1; then rm $@-t1; exit 1; fi && \
 	sed \
 		-e 's|SYSCONFDIR|\@sysconfdir\@|g' \
-		-e 's|LOCALSTATEDIR|\@localstatedir\@|g' \
+		-e 's|RUNSTATEDIR|\@runstatedir\@|g' \
 		< $@-t1 > $@-t2 && \
 	rm -f $@-t1 && \
 	mv $@-t2 $@
diff --git a/src/logging/Makefile.inc.am b/src/logging/Makefile.inc.am
index fba54239d5..12fc5c23c2 100644
--- a/src/logging/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/logging/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ virtlogd.8.in: logging/virtlogd.pod
 	if grep 'POD ERROR' $@-t1; then rm $@-t1; exit 1; fi && \
 	sed \
 		-e 's|SYSCONFDIR|\@sysconfdir\@|g' \
-		-e 's|LOCALSTATEDIR|\@localstatedir\@|g' \
+		-e 's|RUNSTATEDIR|\@runstatedir\@|g' \
 		< $@-t1 > $@-t2 && \
 	rm -f $@-t1 && \
 	mv $@-t2 $@
diff --git a/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am b/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am
index f5de92be23..881c7562a7 100644
--- a/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ libvirtd.8.in: remote/libvirtd.pod
 	if grep 'POD ERROR' $@-t1; then rm $@-t1; exit 1; fi && \
 	sed \
 		-e 's|SYSCONFDIR|\@sysconfdir\@|g' \
-		-e 's|LOCALSTATEDIR|\@localstatedir\@|g' \
+		-e 's|RUNSTATEDIR|\@runstatedir\@|g' \
 		< $@-t1 > $@-t2 && \
 	rm -f $@-t1 && \
 	mv $@-t2 $@