--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2019-04-05 11:27:07.000000000 +0300
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2019-07-14 23:42:42.723081614 +0300
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 endif (NOT DATADIR)
 
 if (NOT GVM_PID_DIR)
-  set (GVM_PID_DIR "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/run")
+  set (GVM_PID_DIR "/var/lib/gvm")
 endif (NOT GVM_PID_DIR)
 
 if (NOT GVM_SYSCONF_DIR)