diff --git a/tools/console/daemon/main.c b/tools/console/daemon/main.c
index 20e35131e4..806d2fd611 100644
--- a/tools/console/daemon/main.c
+++ b/tools/console/daemon/main.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	increase_fd_limit();
 
 	if (!is_interactive) {
-		daemonize(pidfile ? pidfile : "/var/run/xenconsoled.pid");
+		daemonize(pidfile ? pidfile : XEN_RUN_DIR "/xenconsoled.pid");
 	}
 
 	if (!xen_setup())