diff --git a/package/openvmtools/vmtoolsd.service b/package/openvmtools/vmtoolsd.service
index cb97357ec2..1d2a3566cf 100644
--- a/package/openvmtools/vmtoolsd.service
+++ b/package/openvmtools/vmtoolsd.service
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ ConditionVirtualization=vmware
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-PIDFile=/var/run/vmtoolsd.pid
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/vmtoolsd -b /var/run/vmtoolsd.pid
+PIDFile=/run/vmtoolsd.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/vmtoolsd -b /run/vmtoolsd.pid
 Restart=on-failure
 KillMode=process
 KillSignal=SIGKILL