diff --git a/sysutils/runit/Makefile b/sysutils/runit/Makefile
index a46ae103347e..b41de1697279 100644
--- a/sysutils/runit/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/runit/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	runit
-PORTVERSION=	2.1.1
+PORTVERSION=	2.1.2
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://smarden.org/${PORTNAME}/ \
 		http://www.bayofrum.net/dist/${PORTNAME}/
diff --git a/sysutils/runit/distinfo b/sysutils/runit/distinfo
index a19b2c9a1575..5c08c3d40e58 100644
--- a/sysutils/runit/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/runit/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (runit-2.1.1.tar.gz) = ffcf2d27b32f59ac14f2d4b0772a3eb80d9342685a2042b7fbbc472c07cf2a2c
-SIZE (runit-2.1.1.tar.gz) = 109661
+SHA256 (runit-2.1.2.tar.gz) = 6fd0160cb0cf1207de4e66754b6d39750cff14bb0aa66ab49490992c0c47ba18
+SIZE (runit-2.1.2.tar.gz) = 110916
diff --git a/sysutils/runit/files/runsvdir.in b/sysutils/runit/files/runsvdir.in
index a4fc2f42d717..7074be964d9e 100644
--- a/sysutils/runit/files/runsvdir.in
+++ b/sysutils/runit/files/runsvdir.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ runsvdir_start()
 	/bin/test -d ${runsvdir_path} || /bin/mkdir -p ${runsvdir_path}
 	/usr/bin/env -i \
 	PATH=/command:%%PREFIX%%/sbin:%%PREFIX%%/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin \
-	/usr/sbin/daemon \
+	/usr/sbin/daemon -c -f \
 	${command} ${runsvdir_path}
 }