diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1604/rules b/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
index c671a1b03..9a16b1f8f 100755
--- a/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
+++ b/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release                 \
             -DZM_CONFIG_DIR="/etc/zm"                  \
             -DZM_CONFIG_SUBDIR="/etc/zm/conf.d"        \
-            -DZM_RUNDIR="/var/run/zm"                  \
-            -DZM_SOCKDIR="/var/run/zm"                 \
+            -DZM_RUNDIR="/run/zm"                  \
+            -DZM_SOCKDIR="/run/zm"                 \
             -DZM_TMPDIR="/tmp/zm"                      \
             -DZM_CGIDIR="/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"  \
             -DZM_CACHEDIR="/var/cache/zoneminder/cache"  \