diff --git a/README b/README
index cc45375..5b50fd6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ As an example, using the default dkimpy-user on Debian, the command would be:
 
 [sudo] adduser --system --no-create-home --quiet --disabled-password \
                --disabled-login --shell /bin/false --group \
-               --home /var/run/dkimpy-milter dkimpy-milter
+               --home /run/dkimpy-milter dkimpy-milter
 
 Since /var/run or /run is sometimes on a tempfs, if the PID file directory is
 missing, the milter will create it on startup.
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Configuration is very similar to opendkim, but needs some adjustment for
 dkimpy-milter. Here's an example configuration line to include in your
 sendmail.mc:
 
-INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`dkimpy-milter', `S=local:/var/run/dkimpy-milter/dkimpy-milter.sock')dnl
+INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`dkimpy-milter', `S=local:/run/dkimpy-milter/dkimpy-milter.sock')dnl
 
 Changing the sendmail.mc file requires a Make (to compile it into sendmail.cf)
 and a restart of sendmail.  Note that S= needs to match the value of Socket in
diff --git a/etc/dkimpy-milter.conf b/etc/dkimpy-milter.conf
index ce8cf39..8d5419f 100644
--- a/etc/dkimpy-milter.conf
+++ b/etc/dkimpy-milter.conf
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Socket			inet:8892@localhost
 ###  Name of the file where the filter should write its pid before beginning
 ###  normal operations.
 #
-PidFile			/var/run/dkimpy-milter/dkimpy-milter.pid
+PidFile			/run/dkimpy-milter/dkimpy-milter.pid
 
 ##  Userid userid
 ###      default dkimpy-milter
diff --git a/system/dkimpy-milter b/system/dkimpy-milter
index d247247..5922c46 100755
--- a/system/dkimpy-milter
+++ b/system/dkimpy-milter
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ prefix="/usr/local"
 exec_prefix=${prefix}
 sysconfdir="/etc/dkimpy-milter"
 bindir="${exec_prefix}/bin/"
-RUNDIR="/var/run/dkimpy-milter"
+RUNDIR="/run/dkimpy-milter"
 DAEMON=${bindir}/dkimpy-milter
 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:
 NAME=dkimpy-milter
diff --git a/system/dkimpy-milter.service b/system/dkimpy-milter.service
index 1ec8afb..244ee6c 100644
--- a/system/dkimpy-milter.service
+++ b/system/dkimpy-milter.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-PIDFile=/var/run/dkimpy-milter/dkimpy-milter.pid
+PIDFile=/run/dkimpy-milter/dkimpy-milter.pid
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/dkimpy-milter /usr/local/etc/dkimpy-milter.conf 
 
 [Install]