diff --git a/src/site-python/watchers/dhcpd.py b/src/site-python/watchers/dhcpd.py
index a655fc792..6d586c714 100644
--- a/src/site-python/watchers/dhcpd.py
+++ b/src/site-python/watchers/dhcpd.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import time
 import datetime
 
 class DHCPDLease(object):
-    watch_file = '/tmp/dhcpd.leases'
+    watch_file = '/var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd.leases'
 
     def __init__(self):
         """ init watcher