diff --git a/templates/etc/mosquitto/conf.d/local.conf.j2 b/templates/etc/mosquitto/conf.d/local.conf.j2
index 0c24d1c..1442d2b 100644
--- a/templates/etc/mosquitto/conf.d/local.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/mosquitto/conf.d/local.conf.j2
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 port {{ mosquitto_port }}
 user {{ mosquitto_user }}
+pid_file {{ mosquitto_pid_file }}
 
 persistence_file mosquitto.db