diff --git a/varnish/files/start.conf b/varnish/files/start.conf
index 8a79a33fa08fc994525339e2313825a4541b985e..8914d83f59406a983bf43770c3dfc8a41bf39564 100644
--- a/varnish/files/start.conf
+++ b/varnish/files/start.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [Service]
 ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -a /var/run/varnish.sock,HTTP,user=vcache,group=varnish,mode=660 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -s malloc,512m
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -P /run/varnish/varnishd.pid -a /var/run/varnish.sock,HTTP,user=vcache,group=varnish,mode=660 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -s malloc,512m