diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index a745952..cc9f84b 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ fi
 %changelog
 * Mon Jul 28 2014 Honza Horak <hhorak@redhat.com> - 1:10.0.12-6
 - Use explicit sysconfdir
+- Absolut path for default value for pid file and error log
 
 * Tue Jul 22 2014 Honza Horak <hhorak@redhat.com> - 1:10.0.12-5
 - Hardcoded paths removed to work fine in chroot
diff --git a/mysql-scripts-common.sh b/mysql-scripts-common.sh
index 29f3a93..2ec5fc5 100755
--- a/mysql-scripts-common.sh
+++ b/mysql-scripts-common.sh
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ datadir="$result"
 # log-error might be defined in mysqld_safe and mysqld sections,
 # the former has bigger priority
 get_mysql_option "$server_sections" log-error "`hostname`.err"
-errlogfile="$result"
+errlogfile="$datadir/$result"
 
 get_mysql_option "$server_sections" socket "@MYSQL_UNIX_ADDR@"
 socketfile="$result"
 
 get_mysql_option "$server_sections" pid-file "`hostname`.pid"
-pidfile="$result"
+pidfile="$datadir/$result"