diff -up nfs-utils-1.2.1/configure.ac.orig nfs-utils-1.2.1/configure.ac
--- nfs-utils-1.2.1/configure.ac.orig	2010-01-13 17:23:17.089961251 -0500
+++ nfs-utils-1.2.1/configure.ac	2010-01-13 17:24:00.144003829 -0500
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(statedir,
 	statedir=$withval,
 	statedir=/var/lib/nfs)
 	AC_SUBST(statedir)
+AC_ARG_WITH(statdpath,
+	[AC_HELP_STRING([--with-statdpath=/foo],
+		[Causes statd put it's state file in /foo instead of statedir]
+	)],
+	statdpath=$withval,
+	statdpath=""
+	)
+	AC_SUBST(statdpath)
 AC_ARG_WITH(statduser,
 	[AC_HELP_STRING([--with-statduser=rpcuser],
                         [statd to run under @<:@rpcuser or nobody@:>@]
@@ -347,6 +355,9 @@ dnl ************************************
 dnl Export some path names to config.h
 dnl *************************************************************
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(NFS_STATEDIR, "$statedir", [This defines the location of the NFS state files. Warning: this must match definitions in config.mk!])
+if test "$statdpath" != ""; then
+		AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(NSM_STATD_PATH, "$statdpath", [Define this if you what statd file placed in somewhere other than NFS_STATEDIR])
+fi
 
 if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xno"; then
 	CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD=${CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD-"$CFLAGS"}
diff -up nfs-utils-1.2.1/support/nsm/file.c.orig nfs-utils-1.2.1/support/nsm/file.c
--- nfs-utils-1.2.1/support/nsm/file.c.orig	2010-01-13 17:23:17.099961228 -0500
+++ nfs-utils-1.2.1/support/nsm/file.c	2010-01-13 17:26:44.476815932 -0500
@@ -91,12 +91,13 @@
 #define NSM_KERNEL_STATE_FILE	"/proc/sys/fs/nfs/nsm_local_state"
 
 /*
- * Some distributions place statd's files in a subdirectory
+ * Allow different places for statd's files
  */
-#define NSM_PATH_EXTENSION
-/* #define NSM_PATH_EXTENSION	"/statd" */
-
-#define NSM_DEFAULT_STATEDIR		NFS_STATEDIR NSM_PATH_EXTENSION
+#ifdef NSM_STATD_PATH
+#define NSM_DEFAULT_STATEDIR		NSM_STATD_PATH
+#else
+#define NSM_DEFAULT_STATEDIR		NFS_STATEDIR 
+#endif
 
 static char nsm_base_dirname[PATH_MAX] = NSM_DEFAULT_STATEDIR;
 
diff -up nfs-utils-1.2.1/utils/statd/statd.man.orig nfs-utils-1.2.1/utils/statd/statd.man
--- nfs-utils-1.2.1/utils/statd/statd.man.orig	2009-11-04 06:13:56.000000000 -0500
+++ nfs-utils-1.2.1/utils/statd/statd.man	2010-01-13 17:23:41.110003469 -0500
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ reboots.
 For each NFS client or server machine to be monitored,
 .B rpc.statd
 creates a file in
-.BR /var/lib/nfs/sm .
+.BR /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm .
 When starting, it normally runs
 .B sm-notify
 to iterate through these files and notify the
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ and send notifications to clients. This 
 of an NFS export from another server.
 
 .SH FILES
-.BR /var/lib/nfs/state
+.BR /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm/state
 .br
-.BR /var/lib/nfs/sm/*
+.BR /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm/*
 .br
-.BR /var/lib/nfs/sm.bak/*
+.BR /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm.bak/*
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR rpc.nfsd(8),
 .BR portmap(8)