1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e7524cd62..b356beb59 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -661,14 +661,17 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(default-path,
         ]
 )
 
+piddir=/var/run
 AC_ARG_WITH(pid-dir,
         [  --with-pid-dir=PATH     Specify location of ssh.pid file],
         [
                 if test "x$withval" != "xno" ; then     
-                        AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PID_DIR, "$withval")
+                        piddir=$withval
                 fi
         ]
 )
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PID_DIR, "$piddir")
+AC_SUBST(piddir)
 
 dnl Check for mail directory (last resort if we cannot get it from headers)
 if test ! -z "$MAIL" ; then