diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
index e7cb99547f..d1eec3c674 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
@@ -930,6 +930,13 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) CheckpointContainer(ctr *Container, options Container
 	if options.TCPEstablished {
 		args = append(args, "--tcp-established")
 	}
+	runtimeDir, err := util.GetRuntimeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err = os.Setenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", runtimeDir); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
+	}
 	args = append(args, ctr.ID())
 	return utils.ExecCmdWithStdStreams(os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr, nil, r.path, args...)
 }