diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/templates/prosody.cfg.lua.j2 b/roles/xmpp_server/templates/prosody.cfg.lua.j2
index 1b8d5e4b1b08e2667f56e5c800c92a192d3082cb..d36bffae94817418b03be034d53adb0d7502611e 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/templates/prosody.cfg.lua.j2
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/templates/prosody.cfg.lua.j2
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ c2s_require_encryption = true
 s2s_secure_auth = false
 
 -- Path to Prosody's PID file.
-pidfile = "/var/run/prosody/prosody.pid"
+pidfile = "/run/prosody/prosody.pid"
 
 -- Authentication backend.
 authentication = "ldap"