diff --git a/build/freeswitch.init.redhat b/build/freeswitch.init.redhat
index cf7b698d07..6fe9c43c47 100644
--- a/build/freeswitch.init.redhat
+++ b/build/freeswitch.init.redhat
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 #  description: Starts and stops the freeswitch server daemon
 #  processname: freeswitch
 #  config: /opt/freeswitch/conf/freeswitch.conf
-#  pidfile: /opt/freeswitch/log/freeswitch.pid
+#  pidfile: /opt/freeswitch/run/freeswitch.pid
 #
 
 # Source function library.
 . /etc/init.d/functions
 
 PROG_NAME=freeswitch
-PID_FILE=${PID_FILE-/opt/freeswitch/log/freeswitch.pid}
+PID_FILE=${PID_FILE-/opt/freeswitch/run/freeswitch.pid}
 FS_USER=${FS_USER-freeswitch}
 FS_FILE=${FS_FILE-/opt/freeswitch/bin/freeswitch} 
 FS_HOME=${FS_HOME-/opt/freeswitch}
diff --git a/build/freeswitch.init.suse b/build/freeswitch.init.suse
index 6552a656b4..2859ddc501 100644
--- a/build/freeswitch.init.suse
+++ b/build/freeswitch.init.suse
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	## argument to this init script which is required for a reload.
 	## Note: probe is not (yet) part of LSB (as of 1.9)
 
-	test /opt/freeswitch/conf/freeswitch.xml -nt /opt/freeswitch/log/freeswitch.pid && echo reload
+	test /opt/freeswitch/conf/freeswitch.xml -nt /opt/freeswitch/run/freeswitch.pid && echo reload
 	;;
     *)
 	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|try-restart|restart|force-reload|reload|probe}"
diff --git a/build/freeswitch.monitrc b/build/freeswitch.monitrc
index 0c346aff0d..976ec6855a 100644
--- a/build/freeswitch.monitrc
+++ b/build/freeswitch.monitrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- check process freeswitch with pidfile /opt/freeswitch/log/freeswitch.pid
+ check process freeswitch with pidfile /opt/freeswitch/run/freeswitch.pid
    group voice
    start program = "/etc/init.d/freeswitch start"
    stop  program = "/etc/init.d/freeswitch stop"
diff --git a/debian/monit/freeswitch.monitrc b/debian/monit/freeswitch.monitrc
index 8b67cf7e3a..4c9ae8f6de 100644
--- a/debian/monit/freeswitch.monitrc
+++ b/debian/monit/freeswitch.monitrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- check process freeswitch with pidfile /opt/freeswitch/log/freeswitch.pid
+ check process freeswitch with pidfile /opt/freeswitch/run/freeswitch.pid
    group voice
    start program = "/etc/init.d/freeswitch start"
    stop  program = "/etc/init.d/freeswitch stop"