diff --git a/src/shared/format-table.h b/src/shared/format-table.h
index 0942fd72482..e18ca307d17 100644
--- a/src/shared/format-table.h
+++ b/src/shared/format-table.h
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ typedef enum TableDataType {
         _TABLE_DATA_TYPE_INVALID = -1,
 } TableDataType;
 
+/* PIDs are just 32bit signed integers on Linux */
+#define TABLE_PID TABLE_INT32
+assert_cc(sizeof(pid_t) == sizeof(int32_t));
+
 typedef struct Table Table;
 typedef struct TableCell TableCell;