diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0f13358ccb..a123d1fa1f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4148,6 +4148,7 @@ data_edit = sed \
 	-e 's|@sbindir[@]|$(sbindir)|g' \
 	-e 's|@sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g' \
 	-e 's|@nmrundir[@]|$(nmrundir)|g' \
+	-e 's|@nmstatedir[@]|$(nmstatedir)|g' \
 	-e 's|@localstatedir[@]|$(localstatedir)|g' \
 	-e 's|@libexecdir[@]|$(libexecdir)|g' \
 	-e 's|@DISTRO_NETWORK_SERVICE[@]|$(DISTRO_NETWORK_SERVICE)|g' \
diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
index 1e1d0aab15..8773e6e916 100644
--- a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
+++ b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ plugins-=remove-me
         <para>When the default wired connection is deleted or saved
         to a new persistent connection by a plugin, the device is
         added to a list in the file
-        <filename>/run/NetworkManager/no-auto-default.state</filename>
+        <filename>&nmstatedir;/no-auto-default.state</filename>
         to prevent creating the default connection for that device
         again.</para>
         <para>See <xref linkend="device-spec"/> for the syntax how to
diff --git a/man/common.ent.in b/man/common.ent.in
index ddfbb69a69..9632b4efba 100644
--- a/man/common.ent.in
+++ b/man/common.ent.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <!ENTITY NM_VERSION "@NM_VERSION@">
 <!ENTITY sysconfdir "@sysconfdir@">
 <!ENTITY nmrundir "@nmrundir@">
+<!ENTITY nmstatedir "@nmstatedir@">
 <!ENTITY NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_AUTH_POLKIT_TEXT "@NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_AUTH_POLKIT_TEXT@">
 <!ENTITY NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGGING_BACKEND_TEXT "@NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGGING_BACKEND_TEXT@">
 <!ENTITY NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGGING_AUDIT_TEXT "@NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGGING_AUDIT_TEXT@">
diff --git a/man/meson.build b/man/meson.build
index 21fac21d1d..4c33ff30e8 100644
--- a/man/meson.build
+++ b/man/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ common_conf = configuration_data()
 common_conf.set('NM_VERSION', nm_version)
 common_conf.set('sysconfdir', nm_sysconfdir)
 common_conf.set('nmrundir', nm_pkgrundir)
+common_conf.set('nmstatedir', nm_pkgstatedir)
 common_conf.set('NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_AUTH_POLKIT_TEXT', config_default_main_auth_polkit)
 common_conf.set('NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGGING_BACKEND_TEXT', config_logging_backend_default)
 common_conf.set('NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGGING_AUDIT_TEXT', config_default_logging_audit)