diff --git a/clock.c b/clock.c
index cf65fff..419a6b7 100644
--- a/clock.c
+++ b/clock.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ struct clock *clock_create(int phc_index, struct interface *iface, int count,
 	struct interface udsif;
 
 	memset(&udsif, 0, sizeof(udsif));
-	snprintf(udsif.name, sizeof(udsif.name), UDS_PATH);
+	snprintf(udsif.name, sizeof(udsif.name), "%s", uds_path);
 	udsif.transport = TRANS_UDS;
 
 	srandom(time(NULL));
diff --git a/uds.c b/uds.c
index 0d114c3..1dbfd6c 100644
--- a/uds.c
+++ b/uds.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include "transport_private.h"
 #include "uds.h"
 
+char uds_path[MAX_IFNAME_SIZE + 1] = "/var/run/ptp4l";
+
 #define UDS_FILEMODE (S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IWGRP) /*0660*/
 
 struct uds {
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ static int uds_open(struct transport *t, char *name, struct fdarray *fda,
 	}
 	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
 	sa.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
-	strcpy(sa.sun_path, name);
+	strncpy(sa.sun_path, name, sizeof(sa.sun_path) - 1);
 
 	unlink(name);
 
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ static int uds_open(struct transport *t, char *name, struct fdarray *fda,
 	/* For client use, pre load the server path. */
 	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
 	sa.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
-	strcpy(sa.sun_path, UDS_PATH);
+	strncpy(sa.sun_path, uds_path, sizeof(sa.sun_path) - 1);
 	uds->sa = sa;
 	uds->len = sizeof(sa);
 
diff --git a/uds.h b/uds.h
index 24effa8..d7f6626 100644
--- a/uds.h
+++ b/uds.h
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@
 #ifndef HAVE_UDS_H
 #define HAVE_UDS_H
 
+#include "config.h"
 #include "fd.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 
 /**
  * Address of the server.
  */
-#define UDS_PATH "/var/run/ptp4l"
+extern char uds_path[MAX_IFNAME_SIZE + 1];
 
 /**
  * Allocate an instance of a UDS transport.