diff --git a/ipmievd.service b/ipmievd.service
index 88c22c2..cd7299e 100644
--- a/ipmievd.service
+++ b/ipmievd.service
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ After=ipmi.service
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ipmievd
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ipmievd $IPMIEVD_OPTIONS
 Type=forking
-PIDFile=/var/run/ipmievd.pid
+PIDFile=/run/ipmievd.pid
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/openipmi-ipmievd.sysconf b/openipmi-ipmievd.sysconf
index 8cc15e0..687cc56 100644
--- a/openipmi-ipmievd.sysconf
+++ b/openipmi-ipmievd.sysconf
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IPMIEVD_OPTIONS="sel daemon pidfile=/var/run/ipmievd.pid"
+IPMIEVD_OPTIONS="sel daemon pidfile=/run/ipmievd.pid"