diff --git a/rsyslog.spec b/rsyslog.spec
index a13f57a..dcfe18a 100644
--- a/rsyslog.spec
+++ b/rsyslog.spec
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ mv build doc
 %build
 %ifarch sparc64
 #sparc64 need big PIE
-export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fPIE -DSYSLOGD_PIDNAME=\\\"syslogd.pid\\\""
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fPIE -DPATH_PIDFILE=\\\"/var/run/syslogd.pid\\\""
 export LDFLAGS="-pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now"
 %else
-export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fpie -DSYSLOGD_PIDNAME=\\\"syslogd.pid\\\""
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fpie -DPATH_PIDFILE=\\\"/var/run/syslogd.pid\\\""
 export LDFLAGS="-pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now"
 %endif
 
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ done
 * Wed Jun 24 2015 Tomas Heinrich <theinric@redhat.com> 8.10.0-1
 - rebase to 8.10.0
 - drop patches merged upstream
+- use the right macro to specify the default pidfile
+  resolves: rhbz#1224972
 
 * Thu Jun 18 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 8.8.0-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild