--- a/nscd/connections.c	2009-05-21 00:46:20.000000000 +0300
+++ b/nscd/connections.c	2009-12-31 15:34:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -477,6 +477,20 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
+int __nscd_get_socket_path(char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
+{
+  const char *ext_nscd_socket_path = getenv ("NSCD_SOCKET_PATH");
+  if (ext_nscd_socket_path) {
+    int len = strlen(ext_nscd_socket_path);
+    strncpy (buf, ext_nscd_socket_path, bufsiz);
+    if (len >= bufsiz) return -1;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  strncpy (buf, _PATH_NSCDSOCKET, bufsiz);
+  if (sizeof(_PATH_NSCDSOCKET) >= bufsiz) return -1;
+  return 0;
+}
+
 
 #ifdef O_CLOEXEC
 # define EXTRA_O_FLAGS O_CLOEXEC
@@ -827,10 +841,15 @@
   /* Bind a name to the socket.  */
   struct sockaddr_un sock_addr;
   sock_addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-  strcpy (sock_addr.sun_path, _PATH_NSCDSOCKET);
+  if (__nscd_get_socket_path (sock_addr.sun_path, sizeof(sock_addr.sun_path)) < 0)
+    {
+      dbg_log ("Path to nscd socket is too long");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
   if (bind (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &sock_addr, sizeof (sock_addr)) < 0)
     {
-      dbg_log ("%s: %s", _PATH_NSCDSOCKET, strerror (errno));
+      dbg_log ("%s: %s", sock_addr.sun_path, strerror (errno));
       exit (errno == EACCES ? 4 : 1);
     }
 
@@ -852,7 +871,7 @@
     }
 
   /* Set permissions for the socket.  */
-  chmod (_PATH_NSCDSOCKET, DEFFILEMODE);
+  chmod (sock_addr.sun_path, DEFFILEMODE);
 
   /* Set the socket up to accept connections.  */
   if (listen (sock, SOMAXCONN) < 0)

--- a/nscd/nscd.c	2009-05-21 00:46:20.000000000 +0300
+++ b/nscd/nscd.c	2009-12-31 15:34:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@
 /* True if only statistics are requested.  */
 static bool get_stats;
 
+extern int __nscd_get_socket_path(char *buf, size_t bufsiz);
+
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -269,7 +271,11 @@
   signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
   /* Cleanup files created by a previous 'bind'.  */
-  unlink (_PATH_NSCDSOCKET);
+  {
+    struct sockaddr_un addr;
+    if (__nscd_get_socket_path (addr.sun_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path)) >= 0)
+      unlink (addr.sun_path);
+  }
 
   /* Make sure we do not get recursive calls.  */
   __nss_disable_nscd ();
@@ -427,8 +433,12 @@
     return -1;
 
   addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-  assert (sizeof (addr.sun_path) >= sizeof (_PATH_NSCDSOCKET));
-  strcpy (addr.sun_path, _PATH_NSCDSOCKET);
+  if (__nscd_get_socket_path (addr.sun_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path)) < 0)
+    {
+      close (sock);
+      return -1;
+    }
+
   if (connect (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof (addr)) < 0)
     {
       close (sock);
@@ -443,10 +453,13 @@
 void
 termination_handler (int signum)
 {
+  struct sockaddr_un addr;
+
   close_sockets ();
 
   /* Clean up the file created by 'bind'.  */
-  unlink (_PATH_NSCDSOCKET);
+  if (__nscd_get_socket_path (addr.sun_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path)) >= 0)
+    unlink (addr.sun_path);
 
   /* Clean up pid file.  */
   unlink (_PATH_NSCDPID);

--- a/nscd/nscd_helper.c	2009-05-21 00:46:20.000000000 +0300
+++ b/nscd/nscd_helper.c	2009-12-31 15:34:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -157,6 +157,19 @@
   return ret;
 }
 
+static int nscd_get_socket_path(char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
+{
+  const char *ext_nscd_socket_path = getenv ("NSCD_SOCKET_PATH");
+  if (ext_nscd_socket_path) {
+    int len = strlen(ext_nscd_socket_path);
+    strncpy (buf, ext_nscd_socket_path, bufsiz);
+    if (len >= bufsiz) return -1;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  strncpy (buf, _PATH_NSCDSOCKET, bufsiz);
+  if (sizeof(_PATH_NSCDSOCKET) >= bufsiz) return -1;
+  return 0;
+}
 
 static int
 open_socket (request_type type, const char *key, size_t keylen)
@@ -177,7 +190,8 @@
 
   struct sockaddr_un sun;
   sun.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-  strcpy (sun.sun_path, _PATH_NSCDSOCKET);
+  if (nscd_get_socket_path (sun.sun_path, sizeof(sun.sun_path)) < 0) goto out;
+
   if (__connect (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &sun, sizeof (sun)) < 0
       && errno != EINPROGRESS)
     goto out;