diff --git a/nginx.service b/nginx.service
index 72931af..8597eb4 100644
--- a/nginx.service
+++ b/nginx.service
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ After=network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/run/nginx.pid
+# Nginx will fail to start if /run/nginx.pid already exists but has the wrong
+# SELinux context. This might happen when running `nginx -t` from the cmdline.
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268621
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -f /run/nginx.pid
 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID