diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/rc.conf.d b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/rc.conf.d
index 2450411e4..761296bba 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/rc.conf.d
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/rc.conf.d
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 syslog_ng_enable="YES"
+syslog_ng_pid="/var/run/syslog-ng.pid"
 syslog_ng_skip="YES"