diff --git a/src/crimson/CMakeLists.txt b/src/crimson/CMakeLists.txt
index a895fe20e0180..22c2266fe97da 100644
--- a/src/crimson/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/crimson/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ add_library(crimson-common STATIC
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/Thread.cc
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/HeartbeatMap.cc
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/PluginRegistry.cc
+  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/global/pidfile.cc
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/librbd/Features.cc
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/log/Log.cc
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/mgr/ServiceMap.cc
diff --git a/src/crimson/osd/main.cc b/src/crimson/osd/main.cc
index 608905b912c6b..449f0cc35d6a4 100644
--- a/src/crimson/osd/main.cc
+++ b/src/crimson/osd/main.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "common/ceph_argparse.h"
 #include "crimson/common/config_proxy.h"
 #include "crimson/net/SocketMessenger.h"
+#include "global/pidfile.h"
 
 #include "osd.h"
 
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         });
         local_conf().parse_config_files(conf_file_list).get();
         local_conf().parse_argv(ceph_args).get();
+        pidfile_write(local_conf()->pid_file);
         const int whoami = std::stoi(local_conf()->name.get_id());
         const auto nonce = static_cast<uint32_t>(getpid());
         for (auto [msgr, name] : {make_pair(std::ref(cluster_msgr), "cluster"s),