diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 268c02c3df..c049896862 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3282,12 +3282,19 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 
 data_edit = sed \
+	-e 's|@NM_VERSION[@]|$(NM_VERSION)|g' \
 	-e 's|@bindir[@]|$(bindir)|g' \
 	-e 's|@sbindir[@]|$(sbindir)|g' \
 	-e 's|@sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g' \
+	-e 's|@nmrundir[@]|$(nmrundir)|g' \
 	-e 's|@localstatedir[@]|$(localstatedir)|g' \
 	-e 's|@libexecdir[@]|$(libexecdir)|g' \
-	-e 's|@DISTRO_NETWORK_SERVICE[@]|$(DISTRO_NETWORK_SERVICE)|g'
+	-e 's|@DISTRO_NETWORK_SERVICE[@]|$(DISTRO_NETWORK_SERVICE)|g' \
+	-e 's|@NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_AUTH_POLKIT_TEXT[@]|$(NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_AUTH_POLKIT_TEXT)|g' \
+	-e 's|@NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGGING_BACKEND_TEXT[@]|$(NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGGING_BACKEND_TEXT)|g' \
+	-e 's|@NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGGING_AUDIT_TEXT[@]|$(NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGGING_AUDIT_TEXT)|g' \
+	-e 's|@NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_RC_MANAGER[@]|$(NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_RC_MANAGER)|g' \
+	-e 's|@NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_DHCP[@]|$(NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_DHCP)|g'
 
 if HAVE_SYSTEMD
 
@@ -3943,6 +3950,9 @@ endif
 # man
 ###############################################################################
 
+man/common.ent: man/common.ent.in
+	$(AM_V_GEN) $(data_edit) $< >$@
+
 xsltproc_flags = \
 	--path man \
 	--xinclude \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 58a7f48e02..a21b96158b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1165,7 +1165,6 @@ libnm/libnm.pc
 libnm-util/libnm-util.pc
 libnm-glib/libnm-glib.pc
 libnm-glib/libnm-glib-vpn.pc
-man/common.ent
 po/Makefile.in
 data/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy.in
 docs/api/Makefile
diff --git a/man/common.ent.in b/man/common.ent.in
index 4c3310c44b..ddfbb69a69 100644
--- a/man/common.ent.in
+++ b/man/common.ent.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <!ENTITY NM_VERSION "@NM_VERSION@">
 <!ENTITY sysconfdir "@sysconfdir@">
+<!ENTITY nmrundir "@nmrundir@">
 <!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@">