diff --git a/syslog-ng/.footprint b/syslog-ng/.footprint
index bfcecf10c..b98d74bcd 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/.footprint
+++ b/syslog-ng/.footprint
@@ -473,3 +473,4 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/syslog-ng/xsd/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslog-ng/xsd/patterndb-4.xsd
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslog-ng/xsd/patterndb-5.xsd
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	var/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	var/run/
diff --git a/syslog-ng/.signature b/syslog-ng/.signature
index b9fc0e511..ae47e04a9 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/.signature
+++ b/syslog-ng/.signature
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF3zIwNGD5g9DrQ2NJuJqCi99EmZW4kFkpa6D4M9irEECV9DygjFakLlBEHY3pQDPzCIafhYzCo9ckX3tVM1sx/Qc=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 113a74aa2edf1a7db66abd26a9e7b8e0de73f152b92a093685b17920d8dd61b6
-SHA256 (.footprint) = 29380347bed62600f8825b3f2f7e5b21f29585f3f91960cb2a994e6fecb458a9
+RWSagIOpLGJF3xyxmbTEBNfPdBggBtCe6tpsCnx7PUlzVr45+ei4M7Hby9qzE2TtWZ86UdzfQFwrPzdKZJS+llRsMMsZa6T9LAc=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 5e95c36892478af918f9d1e941326e62c9e16b5b33d4a55fdd747a555cdefea7
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 66754a4a92bd911a5459e515ea64df51745838dd1fd02455a9bd2267e8778400
 SHA256 (syslog-ng-3.17.2.tar.gz) = 73601f7ca13c6b534318d5b0648ec1833aa9ca0516d6c3f90085b090d548c50b
 SHA256 (syslog-ng.rc) = 4e9cabda9916c9cac1c8e511028636e40980ee29583983735d6a78fa6c7b23d9
 SHA256 (syslog-ng.conf) = 5633a8e7ebf37b3c1b7d10a9345a22bd479611afe5d7dc88076ec56048d4c115
diff --git a/syslog-ng/Pkgfile b/syslog-ng/Pkgfile
index 411d3ecfe..fe32a49c6 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/Pkgfile
+++ b/syslog-ng/Pkgfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ build() {
       --prefix=/usr \
       --sysconfdir=/etc \
       --libexecdir=/var/libexec \
-      --localstatedir=/var \
+      --localstatedir=/var/run \
       --mandir=/usr/man \
       --enable-dynamic-linking \
       --sbindir=/sbin