diff --git a/cmd/podman/registry/registry.go b/cmd/podman/registry/registry.go
index 207709ee24..c643a320f5 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/registry/registry.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/registry/registry.go
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-// DefaultRootAPIPath is the default path of the REST socket
-const DefaultRootAPIPath = "/run/podman/podman.sock"
-
 // DefaultRootAPIAddress is the default address of the REST socket with unix: prefix
 const DefaultRootAPIAddress = "unix:" + DefaultRootAPIPath
 
diff --git a/cmd/podman/registry/registry_common.go b/cmd/podman/registry/registry_common.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b0cdb16f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/registry/registry_common.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build !freebsd
+// +build !freebsd
+
+package registry
+
+// DefaultRootAPIPath is the default path of the REST socket
+const DefaultRootAPIPath = "/run/podman/podman.sock"
diff --git a/cmd/podman/registry/registry_freebsd.go b/cmd/podman/registry/registry_freebsd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3529681a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/registry/registry_freebsd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package registry
+
+// DefaultRootAPIPath is the default path of the REST socket
+const DefaultRootAPIPath = "/var/run/podman/podman.sock"
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system.go
index bc5a90b912..4d2f8c303e 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) Info(ctx context.Context) (*define.Info, error) {
 	// we are reporting the default systemd activation socket path as we cannot know if a future
 	// service may be run with another URI.
 	if ic.Libpod.RemoteURI() == "" {
-		xdg := "/run"
+		xdg := defaultRunPath
 		if path, err := util.GetRuntimeDir(); err != nil {
 			// Info is as good as we can guess...
 			return info, err
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system_freebsd.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system_freebsd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33ccebbb37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system_freebsd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package abi
+
+// Default path for system runtime state
+const defaultRunPath = "/var/run"
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system_linux.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a13f07050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package abi
+
+// Default path for system runtime state
+const defaultRunPath = "/run"