diff --git a/X11-displaymanager-gdm b/X11-displaymanager-gdm
index e54b322..2cb753c 100644
--- a/X11-displaymanager-gdm
+++ b/X11-displaymanager-gdm
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ gdm_vars() {
         gdm|GDM|Gnome|GNOME)
             RELOADSIGNAL="-USR1"
             DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/sbin/gdm
+            PIDFILE=/run/gdm/gdm.pid
             STARTPROC=gdm_start_proc
             return 0 ;;
        *) return 1 ;;
diff --git a/gdm.changes b/gdm.changes
index 0b7ec2e..50258aa 100644
--- a/gdm.changes
+++ b/gdm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  2 20:59:38 UTC 2013 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Update X11-displaymanager-gdm (bnc#827236): Override
+  PIDFILE=/run/gdm/gdm.pid in gdm_vars().
+
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 Fri Jun 21 19:34:48 UTC 2013 - dimstar@opensuse.org