diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ec409aaf1d..59636194f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2913,7 +2913,8 @@ compiler                : ${CC}
 compiler flags          : ${CFLAGS} ${WERROR} ${AC_CFLAGS} ${SAN_FLAGS}
 make                    : ${MAKE-make}
 linker flags            : ${LDFLAGS} ${SAN_FLAGS} ${LIBS} ${LIBCAP} ${LIBREADLINE} ${LIBM}
-state file directory    : ${e_frr_runstatedir}
+local state file dir    : ${e_frr_libstatedir}
+run state file dir      : ${e_frr_runstatedir}
 config file directory   : ${e_frr_sysconfdir}
 module directory        : ${e_moduledir}
 script directory        : ${e_scriptdir}