diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 22cdf95..e141439 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ static void initialize_config_defaults (struct config_s *conf)
         conf->stathost = safestrdup (TINYPROXY_STATHOST);
         conf->idletimeout = MAX_IDLE_TIME;
 	conf->logf_name = safestrdup (LOCALSTATEDIR "/log/tinyproxy.log");
+	conf->pidpath = safestrdup (LOCALSTATEDIR "/run/tinyproxy.pid");
 }
 
 /**