diff --git a/debian/libvirt-bin.init b/debian/libvirt-bin.init
index 1e61533..d4dd425 100755
--- a/debian/libvirt-bin.init
+++ b/debian/libvirt-bin.init
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 			/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
 		[ -n "$DODTIME" ] && sleep $DODTIME
 		start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
-			/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- $libvirtd_opts
+			/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- -d $libvirtd_opts
 		if running; then
 			log_end_msg 0
 		else