diff --git a/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index d313006..b6b0834 100644
--- a/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # worker_processes  1;
 daemon off;
 
+pid {{ service.root }}/pid;
+
 worker_rlimit_nofile 1024;
 events {
 	worker_connections  800;