diff --git a/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf b/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a8393d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+
+# See sysctl.d(5) and core(5) for documentation.
+
+# To override settings in this file, create a local file in /etc
+# (e.g. /etc/sysctl.d/90-override.conf), and put any assignments
+# there.
+
+# Bump the numeric PID range to its maximum of 2^22 (from the in-kernel default
+# of 2^16), to make PID collisions less likely.
+kernel.pid_max = 4194304
+
diff --git a/sysctl.d/meson.build b/sysctl.d/meson.build
index 64f6ce9..a95957a 100644
--- a/sysctl.d/meson.build
+++ b/sysctl.d/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 install_data(
         '50-default.conf',
+        '50-pid-max.conf',
         install_dir : sysctldir)
 
 in_files = []