diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
index e3679ae..403d911 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 user <%= node['gitlab']['user']['username'] %> <%= node['gitlab']['user']['username']%>;
 worker_processes <%= @worker_processes %>;
 error_log /var/log/gitlab/nginx/error.log;
+pid /var/opt/gitlab/nginx/nginx.pid;
 
 daemon off;
 
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