diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index 9f8a617c6a0..27f345a9c83 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontAddDisableDepTrack = true;
 
   configureFlags = [
+    "--with-runstatedir=/run" # TODO: remove when autoconf 1.70 is released
     "--localstatedir=/var"
     "--sysconfdir=/var/lib"
     "--with-libpcap"
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   installFlags = [
+    "runstatedir=${placeholder "out"}/run"
     "localstatedir=$(TMPDIR)/var"
     "sysconfdir=$(out)/var/lib"
   ];