diff --git a/sysutils/daemontools/Makefile b/sysutils/daemontools/Makefile
index 82040c303223..290d126d3dc8 100644
--- a/sysutils/daemontools/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/daemontools/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	daemontools
 PORTVERSION=	0.76
-PORTREVISION=	17
+PORTREVISION=	18
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/ \
 		http://mirror.shatow.net/freebsd/${PORTNAME}/:DEFAULT,1 \
diff --git a/sysutils/daemontools/files/svscan.in b/sysutils/daemontools/files/svscan.in
index ef52adca8b71..d0078e4ed2cd 100644
--- a/sysutils/daemontools/files/svscan.in
+++ b/sysutils/daemontools/files/svscan.in
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ svscan_start () {
 	EP="/usr/bin/env \
 	PATH=%%PREFIX%%/sbin:%%PREFIX%%/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
 	if [ -z "${svscan_logdir}" ]; then
-		${EP} /usr/sbin/daemon /bin/sh -c "$command $svscan_servicedir 2>&1 | %%PREFIX%%/bin/readproctitle service errors: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ &" > /dev/null
+		${EP} /usr/sbin/daemon -f /bin/sh -c "$command $svscan_servicedir 2>&1 | %%PREFIX%%/bin/readproctitle service errors: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ &"
 	else
 		logmax=${svscan_logmax+s$svscan_logmax}
 		lognum=${svscan_lognum+n$svscan_lognum}
-		${EP} /usr/sbin/daemon /bin/sh -c "$command $svscan_servicedir 2>&1 \
-		| %%PREFIX%%/bin/multilog t $logmax $lognum '${svscan_logdir}' &" > /dev/null
+		${EP} /usr/sbin/daemon -f /bin/sh -c "$command $svscan_servicedir 2>&1 \
+		| %%PREFIX%%/bin/multilog t $logmax $lognum '${svscan_logdir}' &"
 	fi
 }