diff --git a/packages/sysutils/hal/init.d/13_hal b/packages/sysutils/hal/init.d/13_hal
index b3dbffe0be..0b8f925a22 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/hal/init.d/13_hal
+++ b/packages/sysutils/hal/init.d/13_hal
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ progress "Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer"
                    /var/run/dbus/hald-local \
                    /var/run/dbus/hald-runner
 
-  hald --verbose=no --daemon=yes --use-syslog
+  hald --verbose=no --daemon=yes --use-syslog &