diff --git a/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-genrules.sh b/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-genrules.sh
index 5642d531..12e213bb 100755
--- a/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-genrules.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-genrules.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ case "$root" in
             ${root#live:/dev/} 
         printf 'SYMLINK=="%s", RUN+="/sbin/initqueue --settled --onetime --unique /sbin/dmsquash-live-root $env{DEVNAME}"\n' \
             ${root#live:/dev/} 
-    } >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-live-squash.rules
+    } >> $UDEVRULESD/99-live-squash.rules
     echo '[ -e /dev/root ]' > /initqueue-finished/dmsquash.sh
   ;;
   live:*)
diff --git a/modules.d/95resume/resume-genrules.sh b/modules.d/95resume/resume-genrules.sh
index dc2c71ae..92ce2fb3 100755
--- a/modules.d/95resume/resume-genrules.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95resume/resume-genrules.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [ -n "$resume" ]; then
             ${resume#/dev/};
         printf "SYMLINK==\"%s\", ACTION==\"add|change\", SYMLINK+=\"/dev/resume\"\n" \
             ${resume#/dev/};
-    } >> /dev/.udev/rules.d/99-resume-link.rules
+    } >> $UDEVRULESD/99-resume-link.rules
 
     {
         if [ -x /usr/sbin/resume ]; then
diff --git a/modules.d/95rootfs-block/block-genrules.sh b/modules.d/95rootfs-block/block-genrules.sh
index 0f4a4b3f..5cda7a49 100755
--- a/modules.d/95rootfs-block/block-genrules.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95rootfs-block/block-genrules.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ "${root%%:*}" = "block" ]; then
             ${root#block:/dev/} 
         printf 'SYMLINK=="%s", SYMLINK+="root"\n' \
             ${root#block:/dev/} 
-    } >> /dev/.udev/rules.d/99-root.rules
+    } >> $UDEVRULESD/99-root.rules
     
     printf '[ -e "%s" ] && { ln -s "%s" /dev/root 2>/dev/null; rm "$job"; }\n' \
         "${root#block:}" "${root#block:}" >> /initqueue-settled/blocksymlink.sh
diff --git a/modules.d/99base/init b/modules.d/99base/init
index f5851d9b..a3ac0056 100755
--- a/modules.d/99base/init
+++ b/modules.d/99base/init
@@ -108,15 +108,23 @@ ln -s /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr >/dev/null 2>&1
 mkdir -m 0755 /dev/shm /dev/pts /dev/.run 
 mount -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=620,noexec,nosuid devpts /dev/pts >/dev/null 2>&1
 mount -t tmpfs -o mode=1777,nosuid,nodev  tmpfs /dev/shm >/dev/null 2>&1
-
-# creat /dev/.run which will be /var/run
+# create /dev/.run which will be /var/run
 mount -t tmpfs -o mode=0755,nodev,noexec,nosuid tmpfs /dev/.run >/dev/null 2>&1
-mkdir -m 0755 /dev/.run/udev /dev/.run/udev/rules.d  /dev/.run/initramfs
 
-# create compat symlinks
-ln -s .run/initramfs /dev/.initramfs
-ln -s /dev/.run /var/run
-ln -s .run/udev /dev/.udev
+mkdir -m 0755 /dev/.run/initramfs
+
+UDEVVERSION=$(udevadm --version)
+if [ $UDEVVERSION -ge 999 ]; then
+    # newer versions of udev use /dev/.run/udev/rules.d
+    mkdir -m 0755 /dev/.run/udev /dev/.run/udev/rules.d  
+    export UDEVRULESD=/dev/.run/udev/rules.d
+else
+    mkdir -m 0755 /dev/.udev /dev/.udev/rules.d  
+    export UDEVRULESD=/dev/.udev/rules.d
+fi
+
+[ -e /var/run ] && rm -fr /var/run
+ln -fs /dev/.run /var/run
 
 if getargbool 0 rd.debug -y rdinitdebug -y rdnetdebug; then
     getarg quiet && DRACUT_QUIET="yes"
@@ -129,8 +137,6 @@ fi
 
 setdebug
 
-UDEVVERSION=$(udevadm --version)
-
 source_conf /etc/conf.d
 
 # run scriptlets to parse the command line