diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/ppp b/config/rootfiles/common/ppp
index 6098fa7c3..379c64af4 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/ppp
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/ppp
@@ -71,4 +71,3 @@ usr/sbin/pppstats
 #usr/share/man/man8/pppoe-discovery.8
 #usr/share/man/man8/pppstats.8
 var/log/connect-errors
-
diff --git a/lfs/ppp b/lfs/ppp
index fc4528ece..a6bd633b4 100644
--- a/lfs/ppp
+++ b/lfs/ppp
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 					--prefix=/usr \
 					--sysconfdir=/etc \
 					--with-logfile-dir=/var/log \
+					--localstatedir=/var \
 					cc="gcc" \
 					cflags="$(CFLAGS)"
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING)