diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start
index 9921c05e7d..fed7a28623 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ if [ ! "$(pidof transmission-daemon)" ];then
     if [ -f "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE" ] ; then
       break
     fi
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ADDON_DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" eval transmission-daemon -f $TRANSMISSION_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
+    EVENT_NOEPOLL=1 LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ADDON_DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" eval transmission-daemon -f $TRANSMISSION_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
     sleep 1
   done &
 fi