diff -Naru old/libopkg/opkg_conf.h new/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
--- old/libopkg/opkg_conf.h	2019-07-25 15:03:02.900962077 -0500
+++ new/libopkg/opkg_conf.h	2019-07-25 16:57:13.472759267 -0500
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_STATUS_FILE   VARDIR "/lib/opkg/status"
 #define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR     VARDIR "/cache/opkg"
 #define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_CONF_FILE_DIR SYSCONFDIR "/opkg"
-#define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_LOCK_FILE     "/run/opkg.lock"
+#define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_LOCK_FILE     "/run/lock/opkg.lock"
 
 /* In case the config file defines no dest */
 #define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_DEST_NAME "root"