diff --git a/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql/postgresql.conf.j2 b/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql/postgresql.conf.j2
index 1085939..f28c61e 100644
--- a/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql/postgresql.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql/postgresql.conf.j2
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ data_directory = '/var/lib/postgresql/{{ postgresql.version }}/main'
 hba_file = '/etc/postgresql/{{ postgresql.version }}/main/pg_hba.conf'
 
 # If external_pid_file is not explicitly set, no extra PID file is written.
-external_pid_file = '/var/run/postgresql/{{ postgresql.version }}-main.pid'
+external_pid_file = '/run/postgresql/{{ postgresql.version }}-main.pid'
 # write an extra PID file