diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.inc b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.inc
index 0977f7e..f1bf9b0 100644
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.inc
+++ b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.inc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     --with-librabbitmq-client=no \
     --disable-python \
     --disable-java --disable-java-modules \
+    --with-pidfile-dir=${localstatedir}/run/${BPN} \
     ${CONFIG_TLS} \
 "