diff --git a/src/testsuite/getpid.sh b/src/testsuite/getpid.sh
index 96ab4746..f200afb9 100755
--- a/src/testsuite/getpid.sh
+++ b/src/testsuite/getpid.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # ngIRCd Test Suite
-# $Id: getpid.sh,v 1.5 2006/08/05 00:15:28 alex Exp $
 
 # did we get a name?
 [ $# -ne 1 ] && exit 1
 
+[ -x /bin/pidof ] && exec /bin/pidof -s $@
+
 # detect flags for "ps" and "head"
 UNAME=`uname`
 if [ $UNAME = "FreeBSD" ]; then