diff --git a/platform.in b/platform.in
index 39b1f42..99bb683 100644
--- a/platform.in
+++ b/platform.in
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@
 %_configure_target	--build=%{_configure_platform} --host=%{_configure_platform}
 %_configure_gettext	--without-included-gettext
 %_configure_update_config	readlink -e -- '%{_configure_script}' |xargs -ri dirname -- '{}' |xargs -ri find '{}' -type f '(' -name config.sub -or -name config.guess ')' -printf '%%h/\\n' |sort -u |xargs -rn1 install -pm755 -- /usr/share/gnu-config/config.{sub,guess}
+%_configure_use_runstatedir 1
+%_configure_detect_runstatedir \
+  if grep -qF 'runstatedir=DIR' '%{_configure_script}'; then \
+    configure_runstatedir_flags='--runstatedir=%{_runstatedir}' \
+  else \
+    echo >&2 'rpm-build: warning: %{_configure_script} script does not support --runstatedir' \
+  fi
+
 %configure \
   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-%optflags}"; export CFLAGS; \
   CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS:-%optflags}"; export CXXFLAGS; \
@@ -57,6 +65,8 @@
   %{?_enable_static:export lt_cv_prog_cc_static_works=yes ;} \
   export lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all ; \
   %{_configure_update_config}; \
+  configure_runstatedir_flags= ; \
+  %{?_configure_use_runstatedir:%{_configure_detect_runstatedir}} \
   %{_configure_script} %{?_configure_target:%{_configure_target}} \\\
  	--prefix=%{_prefix} \\\
 	--exec-prefix=%{_exec_prefix} \\\
@@ -73,6 +83,7 @@
 	--infodir=%{_infodir} \\\
 	--disable-dependency-tracking \\\
 	--disable-silent-rules \\\
+	$configure_runstatedir_flags \\\
 	%{?_configure_gettext:%{_configure_gettext}}
 
 %_makeinstall_target	install
@@ -88,6 +99,7 @@
 	libdir=%{?buildroot:%{buildroot}}%{_libdir} \\\
 	libexecdir=%{?buildroot:%{buildroot}}%{_libexecdir} \\\
 	localstatedir=%{?buildroot:%{buildroot}}%{_localstatedir} \\\
+	runstatedir=%{?buildroot:%{buildroot}}%{_runstatedir} \\\
 	sharedstatedir=%{?buildroot:%{buildroot}}%{_sharedstatedir} \\\
 	mandir=%{?buildroot:%{buildroot}}%{_mandir} \\\
 	infodir=%{?buildroot:%{buildroot}}%{_infodir} \\\