diff --git a/mainline/debian/Dockerfile b/mainline/debian/Dockerfile
index 911c119..7b4bb5c 100644
--- a/mainline/debian/Dockerfile
+++ b/mainline/debian/Dockerfile
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's,listen       80;,listen       8080;,' /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.co
     && sed -i '/user  nginx;/d' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
     && sed -i 's,\(/var\)\{0\,1\}/run/nginx.pid,/tmp/nginx.pid,' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
     && sed -i "/^http {/a \    proxy_temp_path /tmp/proxy_temp;\n    client_body_temp_path /tmp/client_temp;\n    fastcgi_temp_path /tmp/fastcgi_temp;\n    uwsgi_temp_path /tmp/uwsgi_temp;\n    scgi_temp_path /tmp/scgi_temp;\n" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
+    && sed -i 's,PIDFILE=${PIDFILE:-/run/nginx.pid},PIDFILE=${PIDFILE:-/tmp/nginx.pid},' /etc/init.d/nginx \
 # nginx user must own the cache and etc directory to write cache and tweak the nginx config
     && chown -R $UID:0 /var/cache/nginx \
     && chmod -R g+w /var/cache/nginx \
diff --git a/stable/debian/Dockerfile b/stable/debian/Dockerfile
index ec7a4e9..63f1d24 100644
--- a/stable/debian/Dockerfile
+++ b/stable/debian/Dockerfile
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's,listen       80;,listen       8080;,' /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.co
     && sed -i '/user  nginx;/d' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
     && sed -i 's,\(/var\)\{0\,1\}/run/nginx.pid,/tmp/nginx.pid,' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
     && sed -i "/^http {/a \    proxy_temp_path /tmp/proxy_temp;\n    client_body_temp_path /tmp/client_temp;\n    fastcgi_temp_path /tmp/fastcgi_temp;\n    uwsgi_temp_path /tmp/uwsgi_temp;\n    scgi_temp_path /tmp/scgi_temp;\n" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
+    && sed -i 's,PIDFILE=${PIDFILE:-/run/nginx.pid},PIDFILE=${PIDFILE:-/tmp/nginx.pid},' /etc/init.d/nginx \
 # nginx user must own the cache and etc directory to write cache and tweak the nginx config
     && chown -R $UID:0 /var/cache/nginx \
     && chmod -R g+w /var/cache/nginx \