diff --git a/src/basic/pidref.c b/src/basic/pidref.c
index 4932266c24..02d6832bd0 100644
--- a/src/basic/pidref.c
+++ b/src/basic/pidref.c
@@ -239,3 +239,18 @@ int pidref_sigqueue(PidRef *pidref, int sig, int value) {
 
         return -ESRCH;
 }
+
+static void pidref_hash_func(const PidRef *pidref, struct siphash *state) {
+        siphash24_compress(&pidref->pid, sizeof(pidref->pid), state);
+}
+
+static int pidref_compare_func(const PidRef *a, const PidRef *b) {
+        return CMP(a->pid, b->pid);
+}
+
+DEFINE_HASH_OPS_WITH_KEY_DESTRUCTOR(
+                pidref_hash_ops,
+                PidRef,
+                pidref_hash_func,
+                pidref_compare_func,
+                pidref_free);
diff --git a/src/basic/pidref.h b/src/basic/pidref.h
index 60f0b064ab..835bafc96e 100644
--- a/src/basic/pidref.h
+++ b/src/basic/pidref.h
@@ -52,3 +52,5 @@ int pidref_kill_and_sigcont(PidRef *pidref, int sig);
 int pidref_sigqueue(PidRef *pidfref, int sig, int value);
 
 #define TAKE_PIDREF(p) TAKE_GENERIC((p), PidRef, PIDREF_NULL)
+
+extern const struct hash_ops pidref_hash_ops; /* Has destructor call for pidref_free(), i.e. expects heap allocated PidRef as keys */