diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/monit/templates/monitrc.j2 b/tests/integration/targets/monit/templates/monitrc.j2
index 3a27eb705f..76519a4c00 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/monit/templates/monitrc.j2
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/monit/templates/monitrc.j2
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ set daemon 2
 set logfile /var/log/monit.log
 set idfile /var/lib/monit/id
 set statefile /var/lib/monit/state
+set pidfile /var/run/monit.pid
 
 set eventqueue
     basedir /var/lib/monit/events