diff --git a/package/nss-pam-ldapd/nslcd.service b/package/nss-pam-ldapd/nslcd.service
index 6c0d71b241..5a000a8e4c 100644
--- a/package/nss-pam-ldapd/nslcd.service
+++ b/package/nss-pam-ldapd/nslcd.service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-PIDFile=/var/run/nslcd/nslcd.pid
+PIDFile=/run/nslcd/nslcd.pid
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nslcd
 
 [Install]