diff --git a/lib/units/device/plugins/screen/stream.js b/lib/units/device/plugins/screen/stream.js
index 36b231da..e819c45a 100644
--- a/lib/units/device/plugins/screen/stream.js
+++ b/lib/units/device/plugins/screen/stream.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ module.exports = syrup.serial()
       this.desiredState = new StateQueue()
       this.output = null
       this.socket = null
+      this.pid = -1
       this.banner = null
       this.parser = null
       this.frameConfig = config
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ module.exports = syrup.serial()
                 .on('unexpectedEnd', this._outputEnded.bind(this))
               return this._readOutput(this.output.stream)
             })
+            .then(function() {
+              return this._waitForPid()
+            })
             .then(function() {
               return this._connectService()
             })
@@ -242,8 +246,29 @@ module.exports = syrup.serial()
           return lifecycle.fatal()
         }
 
+        var match
+        if ((match = /^PID: (\d+)$/.exec(line))) {
+          this.pid = +match[1]
+          this.emit('pid', this.pid)
+        }
+
         log.info('minicap says: "%s"', line)
-      })
+      }.bind(this))
+    }
+
+    FrameProducer.prototype._waitForPid = function() {
+      if (this.pid > 0) {
+        return Promise.resolve(this.pid)
+      }
+
+      var pidListener
+      return new Promise(function(resolve/*, reject*/) {
+          this.on('pid', pidListener = resolve)
+        }.bind(this)).bind(this)
+        .timeout(2000)
+        .finally(function() {
+          this.removeListener('pid', pidListener)
+        })
     }
 
     FrameProducer.prototype._connectService = function() {
@@ -288,6 +313,7 @@ module.exports = syrup.serial()
         .finally(function() {
           this.output = null
           this.socket = null
+          this.pid = -1
           this.banner = null
           this.parser = null
         })
@@ -323,7 +349,7 @@ module.exports = syrup.serial()
         return Promise.resolve(true)
       }
 
-      var pid = this.banner ? this.banner.pid : -1
+      var pid = this.pid
 
       function kill(signal) {
         if (pid <= 0) {