diff --git a/package/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.service b/package/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.service
index 0552b5c73a..e648092c9b 100644
--- a/package/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.service
+++ b/package/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/dhcpcd
-PIDFile=/var/run/dhcpcd.pid
+PIDFile=/run/dhcpcd.pid
 ExecStart=/sbin/dhcpcd $DAEMON_ARGS
 Restart=always