diff --git a/contrib/rc_d_unbound b/contrib/rc_d_unbound
index 4ca1d8230..4d837a2d0 100755
--- a/contrib/rc_d_unbound
+++ b/contrib/rc_d_unbound
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ name="unbound"
 rcvar=`set_rcvar`
 
 command="/usr/local/sbin/unbound"
-pidfile="/etc/unbound/unbound.pid"
+pidfile="/usr/local/etc/unbound/unbound.pid"
 extra_commands="reload"
 
 load_rc_config $name
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 00f0010bb..35c346c52 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+15 April 2008: Wouter
+	- fixup default rc.d pidfile location to /usr/local/etc.
+
 14 April 2008: Wouter
 	- got update for parseunbound.pl statistics script from Kai Storbeck.
 	- tpkg tests for udp wait list.