diff --git a/__init__.py.in b/__init__.py.in.new
index d982384..6452e6d 100644
--- a/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in
+++ b/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ FIREWALLD_LOGFILE = '/var/log/firewalld'
 
 FIREWALLD_LOGTARGET = '@DEFAULT_LOG_TARGET@'
 
-FIREWALLD_PIDFILE = "/var/run/firewalld.pid"
+FIREWALLD_PIDFILE = "/run/firewalld.pid"
 
 FIREWALLD_TEMPDIR = '/run/firewalld'