diff --git a/network/nginx/nginx.conf b/network/nginx/nginx.conf
index 57509761d..1552ad391 100644
--- a/network/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/network/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../nginx/nginx.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -14,3 +15,27 @@
 
 cleanconfopt=0
 confopt="--prefix=$root/$prefix"
+
+[[ "$sysconfdir" = */$pkg ]] || sysconfdir=$sysconfdir/$pkg
+
+echo_status "sysconfdir: $sysconfdir"
+var_append confopt ' ' "--conf-path=$sysconfdir/nginx.conf"
+# set path to nginx.pid file
+var_append confopt ' ' "--pid-path=$localstatedir/run/nginx.pid"
+# set path to nginx.lock file
+var_append confopt ' ' "--lock-path=$localstatedir/lock/nginx.lock"
+
+echo_status "localstatedir: $localstatedir"
+
+# set path to the http proxy temporary files
+var_append confopt ' ' "--http-proxy-temp-path=$localstatedir/$pkg/temp/proxy_temp"
+# set path to the http fastcgi temporary
+var_append confopt ' ' "--http-fastcgi-temp-path=$localstatedir/$pkg/temp/fastcgi_temp"
+set path to the http client request body
+var_append confopt ' ' "--http-client-body-temp-path=$localstatedir/$pkg/temp/client_body_temp"
+
+# log directories
+logdir="$localstatedir/log/$pkg"
+echo_status "logdir: $logdir"
+var_append confopt ' ' "--http-log-path=$logdir/access.log"
+var_append confopt ' ' "--error-log-path=$logdir/error.log"