diff --git a/iocore/cache/Store.cc b/iocore/cache/Store.cc
index 442c948aa93..4788c4e305c 100644
--- a/iocore/cache/Store.cc
+++ b/iocore/cache/Store.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "ts/ink_file.h"
 #include "ts/Tokenizer.h"
 #include "ts/SimpleTokenizer.h"
+#include "ts/runroot.h"
 
 #if HAVE_LINUX_MAJOR_H
 #include <linux/major.h>
@@ -390,7 +391,12 @@ Store::read_config()
       }
     }
 
-    std::string pp = Layout::get()->relative(path);
+    std::string pp;
+    if (get_runroot().empty()) {
+      pp = Layout::get()->relative(path);
+    } else {
+      pp = Layout::get()->cachedir;
+    }
 
     ns = new Span;
     Debug("cache_init", "Store::read_config - ns = new Span; ns->init(\"%s\",%" PRId64 "), forced volume=%d%s%s", pp.c_str(), size,
diff --git a/lib/records/RecConfigParse.cc b/lib/records/RecConfigParse.cc
index b690375ac09..3bb9da704c0 100644
--- a/lib/records/RecConfigParse.cc
+++ b/lib/records/RecConfigParse.cc
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ RecConfigOverrideFromRunroot(const char *name)
 {
   if (!get_runroot().empty()) {
     if (!strcmp(name, "proxy.config.bin_path") || !strcmp(name, "proxy.config.local_state_dir") ||
-        !strcmp(name, "proxy.config.log.logfile_dir") || !strcmp(name, "proxy.config.plugin.plugin_dir"))
+        !strcmp(name, "proxy.config.log.logfile_dir") || !strcmp(name, "proxy.config.plugin.plugin_dir") ||
+        !strcmp(name, "proxy.config.hostdb.storage_path")) {
       return true;
+    }
   }
   return false;
 }