diff --git a/package/nss-mdns/nss-mdns.mk b/package/nss-mdns/nss-mdns.mk
index ea53bc286..4d366335e 100644
--- a/package/nss-mdns/nss-mdns.mk
+++ b/package/nss-mdns/nss-mdns.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 NSS_MDNS_VERSION=0.10
 NSS_MDNS_SITE=http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-mdns
 
+NSS_MDNS_CONF_OPT += --localstatedir=/var
+
 define NSS_MDNS_INSTALL_CONFIG
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0664 package/nss-mdns/nsswitch.conf $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/nsswitch.conf
 endef