diff --git a/bin/pveproxy b/bin/pveproxy
index 8c2150f7..a9b6f1c7 100755
--- a/bin/pveproxy
+++ b/bin/pveproxy
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ my %daemon_options = (
     leave_children_open_on_reload => 1,
     setuid => 'www-data',
     setgid => 'www-data',
-    run_dir => '/var/run/pveproxy',
+    pidfile => '/var/run/pveproxy/pveproxy.pid',
 );
 
 my $daemon = __PACKAGE__->new('pveproxy', $cmdline, %daemon_options); 
diff --git a/bin/spiceproxy b/bin/spiceproxy
index b99f8773..adb50989 100755
--- a/bin/spiceproxy
+++ b/bin/spiceproxy
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ my %daemon_options = (
     leave_children_open_on_reload => 1,
     setuid => 'www-data',
     setgid => 'www-data',
-    run_dir => '/var/run/pveproxy',
+    pidfile => '/var/run/pveproxy/spiceproxy.pid',
 );
 
 my $daemon = __PACKAGE__->new('spiceproxy', $cmdline, %daemon_options);