diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
index b6224b349d..968662ddc6 100644
--- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		--exec-prefix=/usr \
 		--sysconfdir=/etc \
 		--localstatedir=/var \
-		runstatedir=/run \
+		`grep -q -e '--runstatedir' configure && printf '%s' --runstatedir=/run` \
 		--program-prefix="" \
 		--disable-gtk-doc \
 		--disable-gtk-doc-html \