diff --git a/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index 5060fbd..d2b0fd4 100644
--- a/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 user  {{ nginx_user }};
 
 error_log  {{ nginx_error_log }};
-pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
+pid        {{ nginx_pidfile }};
 
 worker_processes  {{ nginx_worker_processes }};
 
diff --git a/vars/Debian.yml b/vars/Debian.yml
index b1bad08..7e4d549 100644
--- a/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 nginx_conf_path: /etc/nginx/conf.d
+nginx_pidfile: /run/nginx.pid
 nginx_vhost_path: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
 nginx_default_vhost_path: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
 __nginx_user: "www-data"
diff --git a/vars/RedHat.yml b/vars/RedHat.yml
index fb9049e..91164ce 100644
--- a/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ b/vars/RedHat.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 nginx_conf_path: /etc/nginx/conf.d
+nginx_pidfile: /var/run/nginx.pid
 nginx_vhost_path: /etc/nginx/conf.d
 nginx_default_vhost_path: /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
 __nginx_user: "nginx"