A reciprocating piston machine, such as an air-conditioning compressor for motor vehicles, including a pivot ring and a guide sleeve that is provided axially slidably on a drive shaft and is provided with radially projecting bearing sleeves. The pivot ring and the guide sleeve are interconnected by pins so as to be rotatable relative to each other while being axially joined in a fixed manner, the pins being mounted in bores of the pivot ring and in bores of the bearing sleeves of the guide sleeve.