diff --git a/doc/CONFIGURATION.md b/doc/CONFIGURATION.md
index 8c722f9..84fef65 100644
--- a/doc/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/doc/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ when installing aprsc from a binary package.
     and debugging, or "syslog" for syslogd)
  *  `-r logs` - log file directory, log files are placed in /opt/aprsc/logs
  *  `-c etc/aprsc.conf` - configuration file location
+ *  `-p /opt/aprsc/logs/aprsc.pid` - specify path to generated pid file, default path is logdir/aprsc.pid
  *  `-y` - try to parse the configuration, report success or error,
     quit after reading configuration. Useful for validating your
     configuration before restarting aprsc.
diff --git a/src/aprsc.c b/src/aprsc.c
index 99d0eec..c53e19c 100644
--- a/src/aprsc.c
+++ b/src/aprsc.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #define HELPS	"Usage: aprsc [-t <chrootdir>] [-u <setuid user>] [-c <cfgfile>] [-f (fork)]\n" \
-	" [-n <logname>] [-e <loglevel>] [-o <logdest>] [-r <logdir>]\n" \
+	" [-n <logname>] [-e <loglevel>] [-o <logdest>] [-r <logdir>] [-p <pidfile>]\n" \
 	" [-y (try config)] [-h (help)]\n"
 
 #include <pthread.h>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void parse_cmdline(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int s, i;
 	int failed = 0;
 	
-	while ((s = getopt(argc, argv, "c:ft:u:n:r:d:DyZe:o:?h")) != -1) {
+	while ((s = getopt(argc, argv, "c:ft:u:n:r:d:DyZe:o:p:?h")) != -1) {
 	switch (s) {
 		case 'c':
 			if (cfgfile && cfgfile != def_cfgfile)
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ void parse_cmdline(int argc, char *argv[])
 				failed = 1;
 			}
 			break;
+		case 'p':
+			if (pidfile)
+				hfree(pidfile);
+			pidfile= hstrdup(optarg);
+			break;
 		case '?':
 		case 'h':
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s\nBuilt at %s by %s\nBuilt with:%s\n",