diff --git a/net/modemmanager/Makefile b/net/modemmanager/Makefile
index 83ef3abd5..a5f6194db 100644
--- a/net/modemmanager/Makefile
+++ b/net/modemmanager/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=modemmanager
 PKG_VERSION:=1.10.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_RELEASE:=6
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=ModemManager-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager
diff --git a/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common b/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common
index 4e62f428a..2f882e496 100644
--- a/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common
+++ b/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # Runtime state
 
 MODEMMANAGER_RUNDIR="/var/run/modemmanager"
+MODEMMANAGER_PID_FILE="${MODEMMANAGER_RUNDIR}/modemmanager.pid"
 MODEMMANAGER_CDCWDM_CACHE="${MODEMMANAGER_RUNDIR}/cdcwdm.cache"
 MODEMMANAGER_SYSFS_CACHE="${MODEMMANAGER_RUNDIR}/sysfs.cache"
 MODEMMANAGER_EVENTS_CACHE="${MODEMMANAGER_RUNDIR}/events.cache"