diff --git a/dist-build/android-files/system/etc/init.d/99dnscrypt b/dist-build/android-files/system/etc/init.d/99dnscrypt
index f3fbb2d8..8229723b 100755
--- a/dist-build/android-files/system/etc/init.d/99dnscrypt
+++ b/dist-build/android-files/system/etc/init.d/99dnscrypt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ done
 
 dnscrypt-proxy \
 --daemonize \
+--pidfile=/data/local/tmp/dnscrypt-proxy.pid \
 --resolver-name="$RESOLVER_NAME" \
 --resolvers-list=/system/etc/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-resolvers.csv && \
 iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j DNAT --to-destination 127.0.0.1 && \