diff --git a/etc/init/httpd.conf b/etc/init/httpd.conf
index 26ccc3f..00c9b44 100644
--- a/etc/init/httpd.conf
+++ b/etc/init/httpd.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ stop on runlevel [0126]
 
 console none
 
+pre-start script
+	/sbin/CheckPid /var/run/httpd.pid
+end script
+
 expect fork
 
 exec /opt/apache2/bin/httpd -k start