diff --git a/net-misc/networkmanager/networkmanager-0.9.10.1_pre20141101.ebuild b/net-misc/networkmanager/networkmanager-0.9.10.1_pre20141101.ebuild
index 8554f96..7fd93e4 100644
--- a/net-misc/networkmanager/networkmanager-0.9.10.1_pre20141101.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/networkmanager/networkmanager-0.9.10.1_pre20141101.ebuild
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ src_install() {
 
 	# /var/run/NetworkManager is used by some distros, but not by Gentoo
 	rmdir -v "${ED}/var/run/NetworkManager" || die "rmdir failed"
+	rmdir -v "${ED}/var/run" || die "rmdir failed"
 
 	# Need to keep the /etc/NetworkManager/dispatched.d for dispatcher scripts
 	keepdir /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d