diff --git a/libnvme/meson.build b/libnvme/meson.build
index 21f3342113..7712c30ee2 100644
--- a/libnvme/meson.build
+++ b/libnvme/meson.build
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ if want_libnvme
     endif
 
     if want_fabrics
-        install_data(
-            'sysfiles/udev/rules.d/70-nvmf-registry.rules',
-            install_dir: udevrulesdir,
+        configure_file(
+            input:         'sysfiles/udev/rules.d/70-nvmf-registry.rules.in',
+            output:        '70-nvmf-registry.rules',
+            configuration: substs,
+            install_dir:   udevrulesdir,
         )
     endif
 
diff --git a/libnvme/sysfiles/udev/rules.d/70-nvmf-registry.rules b/libnvme/sysfiles/udev/rules.d/70-nvmf-registry.rules.in
similarity index 93%
rename from libnvme/sysfiles/udev/rules.d/70-nvmf-registry.rules
rename to libnvme/sysfiles/udev/rules.d/70-nvmf-registry.rules.in
index e9ecf19d1c..12c72bfe57 100644
--- a/libnvme/sysfiles/udev/rules.d/70-nvmf-registry.rules
+++ b/libnvme/sysfiles/udev/rules.d/70-nvmf-registry.rules.in
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 # $$ yields a literal '$' for the shell; $env{SEQNUM} is the REMOVE event's
 # sequence number, substituted by udev.
 ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="nvme", KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*", \
-    RUN+="/bin/sh -c '[ -e /dev/%k ] || [ $env{SEQNUM} -le $$(cat /run/nvme/registry/%k/seqnum 2>/dev/null || echo 0) ] || rm -rf /run/nvme/registry/%k'"
+    RUN+="/bin/sh -c '[ -e /dev/%k ] || [ $env{SEQNUM} -le $$(cat @RUNDIR@/nvme/registry/%k/seqnum 2>/dev/null || echo 0) ] || rm -rf @RUNDIR@/nvme/registry/%k'"