diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
index 29f72f6562..5e31c90ed4 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME
       fi
       if [ "$PRELOAD_CAPMT_CA" == "true" ] ; then
         logger -t Tvheadend "### Preloading capmt_ca.so library ###"
-        LD_PRELOAD=$ADDON_DIR/bin/capmt_ca.so $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
+        LD_PRELOAD="$ADDON_DIR/bin/capmt_ca.so $LD_PRELOAD" $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
       else
         $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
       fi