diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 09efb50ff3..0eb5468e67 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>January 22nd, 2021</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Adjust dovecot to use /run/dovecot for it's runtime
+          files instead of the deprecated /var/run.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem revision="systemd">
           <para>[renodr] - Adjust the rpcbind socket to use /run instead of 
           the deprecated /var/run for the socket location.</para>
diff --git a/server/mail/dovecot.xml b/server/mail/dovecot.xml
index 64f4ed9e6c..749cbb91c5 100644
--- a/server/mail/dovecot.xml
+++ b/server/mail/dovecot.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ LDFLAGS+=" -ltirpc" \
 ./configure --prefix=/usr                          \
             --sysconfdir=/etc                      \
             --localstatedir=/var                   \
+            --rundir=/run                          \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dovecot-&dovecot-version; \
             --disable-static &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ LDFLAGS+=" -ltirpc" \
 ./configure --prefix=/usr                          \
             --sysconfdir=/etc                      \
             --localstatedir=/var                   \
+            --rundir=/run                          \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dovecot-&dovecot-version; \
             --disable-static                       \
             --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system &amp;&amp;