diff --git a/common/flatpak-run.c b/common/flatpak-run.c
index 7f9d86f8..a41dc548 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-run.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-run.c
@@ -3705,7 +3705,7 @@ flatpak_run_setup_base_argv (GPtrArray      *argv_array,
             "--dir", "/run/host",
             "--dir", run_dir,
             "--setenv", "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", run_dir,
-            "--symlink", "/run", "/var/run",
+            "--symlink", "../run", "/var/run",
             "--ro-bind", "/sys/block", "/sys/block",
             "--ro-bind", "/sys/bus", "/sys/bus",
             "--ro-bind", "/sys/class", "/sys/class",