diff --git a/package/samba/S91smb b/package/samba/S91smb
index c190771b7d..2e03e829ca 100755
--- a/package/samba/S91smb
+++ b/package/samba/S91smb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 mkdir -p /var/cache/samba
 mkdir -p /var/log/samba
 mkdir -p /var/lock/subsys
+mkdir -p /var/run/samba
 
 RETVAL=0
 
@@ -33,13 +34,13 @@ stop() {
 	echo -n "Shutting down SMB services: "
 	kill -9 `pidof smbd`
 	RETVAL=$?
-	rm -f /var/run/smbd.pid
+	rm -f /var/run/samba/smbd.pid
 	echo "done"
 
 	echo -n "Shutting down NMB services: "
 	kill -9 `pidof nmbd`
 	RETVAL2=$?
-	rm -f /var/run/nmbd.pid
+	rm -f /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid
 
 	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 -a $RETVAL2 -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/smb
 	echo "done"
diff --git a/package/samba/samba.mk b/package/samba/samba.mk
index 064bfd1c23..f4f07acb6b 100644
--- a/package/samba/samba.mk
+++ b/package/samba/samba.mk
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ SAMBA_CONF_ENV = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SAMBA_AVAHI),AVAHI_LIBS=-pthread)
 
 SAMBA_CONF_OPTS = \
-	--with-piddir=/var/run \
-	--with-lockdir=/var/lock \
-	--with-logfilebase=/var/log \
-	--with-configdir=/etc/samba \
-	--with-privatedir=/etc/samba \
+	--with-fhs \
+	--with-piddir=/var/run/samba \
+	--with-lockdir=/var/cache/samba \
+	--with-ncalrpcdir=/var/run/ncalrpc \
+	--with-nmbdsocketdir=/var/run/nmbd \
 	\
 	--disable-cups \
 	--enable-shared-libs \