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diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 17bdc895a..03c2d032f 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -310,7 +310,18 @@ config FEATURE_PIDFILE
 	default y
 	help
 	  This option makes some applets (e.g. crond, syslogd, inetd) write
-	  a pidfile in /var/run. Some applications rely on them.
+	  a pidfile at the configured PID_FILE_PATH.  It has no effect
+	  on applets which require pidfiles to run.
+
+config PID_FILE_PATH
+	string "Path to directory for pidfile"
+	default "/var/run"
+	depends on FEATURE_PIDFILE
+	help
+	  This is the default path where pidfiles are created.  Applets which
+	  allow you to set the pidfile path on the command line will override
+	  this value.  The option has no effect on applets that require you to
+	  specify a pidfile path.
 
 config FEATURE_SUID
 	bool "Support for SUID/SGID handling"
@@ -321,7 +332,7 @@ config FEATURE_SUID
 	  root-level operations even when run by ordinary users
 	  (for example, mounting of user mounts in fstab needs this).
 
-	  Busybox will automatically drop priviledges for applets
+	  Busybox will automatically drop privileges for applets
 	  that don't need root access.
 
 	  If you are really paranoid and don't want to do this, build two