diff --git a/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_daemon.py b/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_daemon.py
index 72cec1fe0f..9f1c0723b0 100644
--- a/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_daemon.py
+++ b/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_daemon.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ def status(all_profiles):
 
     for profile in profiles:
         client = get_daemon_client(profile.name)
+        delete_stale_pid_file(client)
         click.secho('Profile: ', fg='red', bold=True, nl=False)
         click.secho('{}'.format(profile.name), bold=True)
         result = get_daemon_status(client)
diff --git a/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_status.py b/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_status.py
index 2137e425de..bd9c6f53f6 100644
--- a/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_status.py
+++ b/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_status.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ServiceStatus(IntEnum):
 def verdi_status():
     """Print status of AiiDA services."""
     # pylint: disable=broad-except,too-many-statements
-    from aiida.cmdline.utils.daemon import get_daemon_status
+    from aiida.cmdline.utils.daemon import get_daemon_status, delete_stale_pid_file
     from aiida.common.utils import Capturing, get_repository_folder
     from aiida.manage.external.rmq import get_rmq_url
     from aiida.manage.manager import get_manager
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def verdi_status():
     # getting the daemon status
     try:
         client = manager.get_daemon_client()
+        delete_stale_pid_file(client)
         daemon_status = get_daemon_status(client)
 
         daemon_status = daemon_status.split('\n')[0]  # take only the first line