diff --git a/redhat/cassandra b/redhat/cassandra
index 3079487868..5ff9c48ad9 100644
--- a/redhat/cassandra
+++ b/redhat/cassandra
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # 
 # chkconfig: 2345 20 80
 # description: Starts and stops Cassandra
+# pidfile: /var/run/cassandra/cassandra.pid
 
 . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions