diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/kubernetes-tmpfiles.conf b/contrib/init/systemd/kubernetes-tmpfiles.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 97ce00ed4e3..00000000000
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/kubernetes-tmpfiles.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-d /run/kubernetes 0755 kube kube -
diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/tmpfiles.d/kubernetes.conf b/contrib/init/systemd/tmpfiles.d/kubernetes.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fc3bdf5855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/tmpfiles.d/kubernetes.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /var/run/kubernetes 0755 kube kube -