diff --git a/pressure-vessel/utils.c b/pressure-vessel/utils.c
index b317442c3eff9671e7e6c395c8926317be4876c5..b5506f27c023e295e95563b4aa57564bcaad817d 100644
--- a/pressure-vessel/utils.c
+++ b/pressure-vessel/utils.c
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ pv_get_reserved_paths (void)
     "/var/lib/dbus",
     /* Used to mount parts of the graphics stack provider */
     "/var/pressure-vessel",
+    /* Hard-coded to be a symlink to ../run, see bind_runtime_base() */
+    "/var/run",
     NULL
   };