diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/helpers.py b/src/borg/testsuite/helpers.py
index 0f96ad6cce0..12717821dfa 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/helpers.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/helpers.py
@@ -800,7 +800,9 @@ def test_get_runtime_dir(monkeypatch):
     else:
         monkeypatch.delenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", raising=False)
         monkeypatch.delenv("BORG_RUNTIME_DIR", raising=False)
-        assert get_runtime_dir() == os.path.join("/run/user", str(os.getuid()), "borg")
+        assert get_runtime_dir() in [os.path.join("/run/user", str(os.getuid()), "borg"),
+                                     os.path.join("/var/run/user", str(os.getuid()), "borg"),
+                                     os.path.join("/tmp/runtime-" + str(os.getuid()), "borg")]
         monkeypatch.setenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", "/var/tmp/.cache")
         assert get_runtime_dir() == os.path.join("/var/tmp/.cache", "borg")
         monkeypatch.setenv("BORG_RUNTIME_DIR", "/var/tmp")