diff --git a/buildout/profiles/software-definition.cfg b/buildout/profiles/software-definition.cfg
index 089ae359b9737302fb274c1ea7b47bf8409ce91d..93cc2dda20efaf6bb21359df4bd1dd215a193262 100644
--- a/buildout/profiles/software-definition.cfg
+++ b/buildout/profiles/software-definition.cfg
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 var-directory = ${:directory}/var
 etc-directory = ${:var-directory}/etc
 log-directory = ${:var-directory}/log
+run-directory = ${:var-directory}/run
 data-bin-directory = ${:var-directory}/bin
 
 [software_definition]