--- src/bin/keactrl/keactrl.in.orig	2025-06-20 09:28:47.000000000 -0700
+++ src/bin/keactrl/keactrl.in	2025-07-10 07:23:07.452981000 -0700
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 
     # Default the directory to --localstatedir / run
     local pid_file_dir
-    pid_file_dir="@runstatedir@/@PACKAGE@"
+    pid_file_dir="/var/run/kea"
 
     # Use directory override if set (primarily for testing only)
     if test -n "${KEA_PIDFILE_DIR+x}"; then
