diff --git a/server/ctdb_daemon.c b/server/ctdb_daemon.c
index 7a31a13..aeea525 100644
--- a/server/ctdb_daemon.c
+++ b/server/ctdb_daemon.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ int ctdb_start_daemon(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, bool do_fork, bool use_syslog)
 	block_signal(SIGPIPE);
 
 	ctdbd_pid = getpid();
-
+	ctdb->ctdbd_pid = ctdbd_pid;
 
 	DEBUG(DEBUG_ERR, ("Starting CTDBD as pid : %u\n", ctdbd_pid));