diff --git a/l2tp_event.h b/l2tp_event.h
index 883cf42..4b5226d 100644
--- a/l2tp_event.h
+++ b/l2tp_event.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * API definition
  *****************************************************************************/
 
-#define OPENL2TP_EVENT_SOCKET_NAME		"/tmp/openl2tp-event.sock"
+#define OPENL2TP_EVENT_SOCKET_NAME		"/var/run/openl2tp-event.sock"
 
 #define OPENL2TP_MSG_TYPE_NULL			0
 #define OPENL2TP_MSG_TYPE_PPP_UPDOWN_IND	1