diff -Nur a/debian/init b/debian/init
--- a/debian/init	2016-02-01 03:10:08.000000000 -0500
+++ b/debian/init	2018-04-05 15:37:25.023320892 -0400
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@
 	# then it failed somehow.  This works around the fact
 	# that alsactl doesn't return nonzero status when it
 	# can't restore settings for the card
-	if MSG="$(alsactl -E HOME="$ALSACTLHOME" restore $CARD 2>&1 >/dev/null)" && [ ! "$MSG" ] ; then
+	if MSG="$(alsactl -E HOME="$ALSACTLHOME" -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="${ALSACTLRUNTIME}" restore $CARD 2>&1 >/dev/null)" && [ ! "$MSG" ] ; then
 		return 0
 	else
 		# Retry with the "force" option.  This restores more levels
 		# but it results in much longer error messages.
 		alsactl -F restore $CARD >/dev/null 2>&1
-		log_action_cont_msg "warning: 'alsactl -E HOME="$ALSACTLHOME" restore${CARD:+ $CARD}' failed with error message '$MSG'"
+		log_action_cont_msg "warning: 'alsactl -E HOME="$ALSACTLHOME" -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="${ALSACTLRUNTIME}" restore${CARD:+ $CARD}' failed with error message '$MSG'"
 		return 1
 	fi
 }
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@
 {
 	CARD="$1"
 	[ "$1" = all ] && CARD=""
-	if MSG="$(alsactl -E HOME="$ALSACTLHOME" store $CARD 2>&1)" ; then
+	if MSG="$(alsactl -E HOME="$ALSACTLHOME" -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="${ALSACTLRUNTIME}" store $CARD 2>&1)" ; then
 		sleep 1
 		return 0
 	else
-		log_action_cont_msg "warning: 'alsactl store${CARD:+ $CARD}' failed with error message '$MSG'"
+		log_action_cont_msg "warning: 'alsactl store${CARD:+ $CARD}' -E HOME="$ALSACTLHOME" -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ failed with error message '$MSG'"
 		return 1
 	fi
 }
diff -Nur a/debian/patches/alsactl_xdg_runtime.patch b/debian/patches/alsactl_xdg_runtime.patch
--- a/debian/patches/alsactl_xdg_runtime.patch	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ b/debian/patches/alsactl_xdg_runtime.patch	2018-04-05 18:12:56.212235503 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+Author: Antonio Russo <antonio.e.russo@gmail.com>
+Description: add new configure switch to set alsactl's runtimedir.
+
+Index: c/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules.in
+===================================================================
+--- c.orig/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules.in
++++ c/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules.in
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="sound", KERNE
+ GOTO="alsa_restore_end"
+ 
+ LABEL="alsa_restore_go"
+-TEST!="@daemonswitch@", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ restore $attr{device/number}"
+-TEST=="@daemonswitch@", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ nrestore $attr{device/number}"
++TEST!="@daemonswitch@", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ restore $attr{device/number}"
++TEST=="@daemonswitch@", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ nrestore $attr{device/number}"
+ 
+ LABEL="alsa_restore_end"
+Index: c/alsactl/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- c.orig/alsactl/Makefile.am
++++ c/alsactl/Makefile.am
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ edit = \
+ 	$(SED) -r -e 's,@sbindir\@,$(sbindir),g' \
+ 		  -e 's,@mydatadir\@,$(mydatadir),g' \
+ 		  -e 's,@alsactlhome\@,$(ALSACTL_HOME_DIR),g' \
++		  -e 's,@alsactlruntime\@,$(ALSACTL_RUNTIME_DIR),g' \
+ 		  -e 's,@daemonswitch\@,$(ALSACTL_DAEMONSWITCH),g' \
+ 							< $< > $@ || rm $@
+ 
+Index: c/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in
+===================================================================
+--- c.orig/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in
++++ c/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in
+@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ After=alsa-state.service
+ [Service]
+ Type=oneshot
+ RemainAfterExit=true
+-ExecStart=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ restore
+-ExecStop=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ store
++ExecStart=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ restore
++ExecStop=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ store
+ StandardOutput=syslog
+Index: c/alsactl/alsa-state.service.in
+===================================================================
+--- c.orig/alsactl/alsa-state.service.in
++++ c/alsactl/alsa-state.service.in
+@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ After=sysinit.target
+ 
+ [Service]
+ Type=simple
+-ExecStart=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -s -n 19 -c rdaemon
+-ExecStop=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -s kill save_and_quit
++ExecStart=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ -s -n 19 -c rdaemon
++ExecStop=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ -s kill save_and_quit
+Index: c/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- c.orig/configure.ac
++++ c/configure.ac
+@@ -409,6 +409,12 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([alsactl-pidfile-dir],
+         [ALSACTL_PIDFILE_DIR="/var/run"])
+ AC_SUBST(ALSACTL_PIDFILE_DIR)
+ 
++AC_ARG_WITH([alsactl-runtime-dir],
++        AS_HELP_STRING([--with-alsactl-runtime-dir=DIR], [Directory to use as runtimedir for alsactl]),
++        [ALSACTL_RUNTIME_DIR="$withval"],
++        [ALSACTL_RUNTIME_DIR="/var/run/alsa/runtime"])
++AC_SUBST(ALSACTL_RUNTIME_DIR)
++
+ AC_ARG_WITH([alsactl-home-dir],
+         AS_HELP_STRING([--with-alsactl-home-dir=DIR], [Directory to use as homedir for alsactl]),
+         [ALSACTL_HOME_DIR="$withval"],
diff -Nur a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
--- a/debian/patches/series	2017-01-15 18:24:00.000000000 -0500
+++ b/debian/patches/series	2018-04-05 18:13:02.836257001 -0400
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 alsactl_home.patch
+alsactl_xdg_runtime.patch
 systemd_standardoutput.patch
 udev_test_alsactl.patch
 spellfixes.patch
diff -Nur a/debian/patches/systemd_standardoutput.patch b/debian/patches/systemd_standardoutput.patch
--- a/debian/patches/systemd_standardoutput.patch	2017-01-15 18:24:00.000000000 -0500
+++ b/debian/patches/systemd_standardoutput.patch	2018-04-05 15:48:43.745785846 -0400
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
 +++ alsa-utils-1.1.3/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in
 @@ -14,4 +14,3 @@ Type=oneshot
  RemainAfterExit=true
- ExecStart=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ restore
- ExecStop=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ store
+ ExecStart=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ restore
+ ExecStop=-@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ store
 -StandardOutput=syslog
diff -Nur a/debian/patches/udev_test_alsactl.patch b/debian/patches/udev_test_alsactl.patch
--- a/debian/patches/udev_test_alsactl.patch	2017-01-15 18:24:00.000000000 -0500
+++ b/debian/patches/udev_test_alsactl.patch	2018-04-05 15:50:04.897419686 -0400
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
  GOTO="alsa_restore_end"
  
  LABEL="alsa_restore_go"
--TEST!="@daemonswitch@", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ restore $attr{device/number}"
--TEST=="@daemonswitch@", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ nrestore $attr{device/number}"
-+TEST!="@daemonswitch@", TEST=="/usr/sbin/alsactl", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ restore $attr{device/number}"
-+TEST=="@daemonswitch@", TEST=="/usr/sbin/alsactl", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ nrestore $attr{device/number}"
+-TEST!="@daemonswitch@", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ restore $attr{device/number}"
+-TEST=="@daemonswitch@", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ nrestore $attr{device/number}"
++TEST!="@daemonswitch@", TEST=="/usr/sbin/alsactl", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ restore $attr{device/number}"
++TEST=="@daemonswitch@", TEST=="/usr/sbin/alsactl", RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl -E HOME=@alsactlhome@ -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=@alsactlruntime@ nrestore $attr{device/number}"
  
  LABEL="alsa_restore_end"
diff -Nur a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
--- a/debian/rules	2017-01-15 18:24:01.000000000 -0500
+++ b/debian/rules	2018-04-05 17:42:01.621171674 -0400
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	dh_auto_configure -- \
 			--with-asound-state-dir=/var/lib/alsa \
 			--with-alsactl-home-dir=/run/alsa \
+			--with-alsactl-runtime-dir=/run/alsa/runtime \
 			--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system \
 			--disable-alsaconf
 

