diff --git a/storage/mdadm/files/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules b/storage/mdadm/files/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules
index 7e5ef541..4632c963 100644
--- a/storage/mdadm/files/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules
+++ b/storage/mdadm/files/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ TEST!="md/array_state", GOTO="md_end"
 ATTR{md/array_state}=="clear*|inactive", GOTO="md_end"
 LABEL="md_ignore_state"
 
-IMPORT{program}="/usr/local/sbin/mdadm --detail -c /var/run/mdadm/mdadm.conf --no-devices --export $devnode"
+IMPORT{program}="/usr/local/sbin/mdadm --detail -c /var/lib/mdadm/mdadm.conf --no-devices --export $devnode"
 ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ENV{MD_NAME}=="?*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/md-name-$env{MD_NAME}", OPTIONS+="string_escape=replace"
 ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ENV{MD_UUID}=="?*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/md-uuid-$env{MD_UUID}"
 ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ENV{MD_DEVNAME}=="?*", SYMLINK+="md/$env{MD_DEVNAME}"
diff --git a/storage/mdadm/files/udev-md-raid-assembly.rules b/storage/mdadm/files/udev-md-raid-assembly.rules
index f961a602..948d55fa 100644
--- a/storage/mdadm/files/udev-md-raid-assembly.rules
+++ b/storage/mdadm/files/udev-md-raid-assembly.rules
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LABEL="md_inc"
 
 # remember you can limit what gets auto/incrementally assembled by
 # mdadm.conf(5)'s 'AUTO' and selectively whitelist using 'ARRAY'
-ACTION=="add|change", IMPORT{program}="/usr/local/sbin/mdadm --incremental -c /var/run/mdadm/mdadm.conf --export $devnode --offroot $env{DEVLINKS}"
+ACTION=="add|change", IMPORT{program}="/usr/local/sbin/mdadm --incremental -c /var/lib/mdadm/mdadm.conf --export $devnode --offroot $env{DEVLINKS}"
 ACTION=="remove", ENV{ID_PATH}=="?*", RUN+="/usr/local/sbin/mdadm -If $name --path $env{ID_PATH}"
 ACTION=="remove", ENV{ID_PATH}!="?*", RUN+="/usr/local/sbin/mdadm -If $name"
 
diff --git a/storage/mdadm/patches/change-sysconfdir.patch b/storage/mdadm/patches/change-sysconfdir.patch
index c1c0c45e..77f31e1f 100644
--- a/storage/mdadm/patches/change-sysconfdir.patch
+++ b/storage/mdadm/patches/change-sysconfdir.patch
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
  
 -SYSCONFDIR = /etc
-+SYSCONFDIR = /var/run/mdadm/
++SYSCONFDIR = /var/lib/mdadm/
  CONFFILE = $(SYSCONFDIR)/mdadm.conf
  CONFFILE2 = $(SYSCONFDIR)/mdadm/mdadm.conf
  MAILCMD =/usr/sbin/sendmail -t