diff --git a/overlay/etc/sv/apache/run b/overlay/etc/sv/apache/run
index d120b92..4a62b5a 100755
--- a/overlay/etc/sv/apache/run
+++ b/overlay/etc/sv/apache/run
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+echo -n "Removing Apache HTTPD PID file before starting it ..."
+(rm -f /var/run/apache2/httpd.pid || true)
+echo "OK"
+
 . /usr/sbin/envvars
 
 # TODO Check about cache