diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/var.conf b/tmpfiles.d/var.conf
index 266f7701..a0c76e28 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/var.conf
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/var.conf
@@ -10,15 +10,19 @@ d  /var/lib/urandom	0755 - - -
 d  /var/spool		0755 - - -
 d  /var/tmp		0777 - - -
 
-# Compat symlink to new /run ramdisk
-L  /var/run             -    - - - /run
-L  /var/lock		-    - - - /run/lock
-
 # Used by pam_console(8)
 d  /run/console              1777 - - -
 f  /run/console/nobody       0644 - - -
 f  /run/console/console.lock 0644 - - - nobody
 
+# /run/lock/subsys is used for serializing SysV service execution
+d  /run/lock		0777 - - -
+d  /run/lock/subsys	0755 - - -
+
+# Compat symlink to new /run ramdisk
+L  /var/run		-    - - - ../run
+L  /var/lock		-    - - - ../run/lock
+
 # Needed by Debian/Ubuntu ifupdown
 d  /var/run/network	0755 - - -
 
@@ -27,8 +31,6 @@ d  /run/sudo	        0711 root root
 d  /run/sudo/ts		0700 root root
 Z  /run/sudo		-    - - -
 
-d  /run/lock		0777 - - -
-
 d  /var/empty		0755 - - -
 d  /var/log		0755 - - -
 d  /var/mail		0755 - - -
@@ -41,4 +43,3 @@ f  /var/run/utmp	0664 root utmp -
 f  /var/log/wtmp	0664 root utmp -
 f  /var/log/btmp	0660 root utmp -
 f  /var/log/lastlog	0664 root utmp -
-