diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/autofs/autofs_5.0.7.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/autofs/autofs_5.0.7.bb
index 1afbe812a1..215d293824 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/autofs/autofs_5.0.7.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/autofs/autofs_5.0.7.bb
@@ -63,4 +63,8 @@ do_configure_prepend () {
         fi
 }
 
+do_install_append () {
+	test -d ${D}/run && rmdir ${D}/run
+}
+
 INSANE_SKIP_${PN} = "dev-so"