diff --git a/package/dhcpcd/S41dhcpcd b/package/dhcpcd/S41dhcpcd
index 3e5c22f715..55794f4075 100644
--- a/package/dhcpcd/S41dhcpcd
+++ b/package/dhcpcd/S41dhcpcd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 DAEMON=/sbin/dhcpcd
 CONFIG=/etc/dhcpcd.conf
-PIDFILE=/var/run/dhcpcd.pid
+PIDFILE=/var/run/dhcpcd/pid
 
 [ -f $CONFIG ] || exit 0
 
diff --git a/package/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.service b/package/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.service
index e648092c9b..4da49818a7 100644
--- a/package/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.service
+++ b/package/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/dhcpcd
-PIDFile=/run/dhcpcd.pid
+PIDFile=/run/dhcpcd/pid
 ExecStart=/sbin/dhcpcd $DAEMON_ARGS
 Restart=always