1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index e9f0a646c..5aa3fa5f1 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
  *  Changes to upstream version
  *  Remove checks for kernel version, assume kernel version 2.2.0 or better.
  *  Lines in the interfaces file cannot wrap.
- *  To adhere to the FHS, the default state file is /var/run/ifstate.
+ *  To adhere to the FHS, the default state file is /var/run/ifstate
+ *  (defined via CONFIG_IFUPDOWN_IFSTATE_PATH) and can be overridden by build
+ *  configuration.
  *
  * Licensed under the GPL v2 or later, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
  */
@@ -1105,7 +1107,7 @@ static llist_t *find_iface_state(llist_t *state_list, const char *iface)
 static llist_t *read_iface_state(void)
 {
         llist_t *state_list = NULL;
-        FILE *state_fp = fopen("/var/run/ifstate", "r");
+        FILE *state_fp = fopen(CONFIG_IFUPDOWN_IFSTATE_PATH, "r");
 
         if (state_fp) {
                 char *start, *end_ptr;
@@ -1275,7 +1277,7 @@ int ifupdown_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         }
 
                         /* Actually write the new state */
-                        state_fp = xfopen("/var/run/ifstate", "w");
+                        state_fp = xfopen(CONFIG_IFUPDOWN_IFSTATE_PATH, "w");
                         state = state_list;
                         while (state) {
                                 if (state->data) {