diff --git a/package/acpid/S02acpid b/package/acpid/S02acpid
index e8d3661674..9017d508ff 100644
--- a/package/acpid/S02acpid
+++ b/package/acpid/S02acpid
@@ -1,22 +1,53 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-case "$1" in
-	start)
-		printf "Starting acpid: "
-		start-stop-daemon -S -q -m -b -p /var/run/acpid.pid --exec /usr/sbin/acpid -- -n
-		[ $? = 0 ] && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
-		;;
-	stop)
-		printf "Stopping acpid: "
-		start-stop-daemon -K -q -p /var/run/acpid.pid
-		[ $? = 0 ] && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
-		;;
-	restart)
-		"$0" stop
+DAEMON="acpid"
+EXEC="/usr/sbin/$DAEMON"
+PIDFILE="/var/run/$DAEMON.pid"
+
+ACPID_ARGS=""
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+[ -r "/etc/default/$DAEMON" ] && . "/etc/default/$DAEMON"
+
+start() {
+	printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
+	start-stop-daemon -S -q -p "$PIDFILE" -x "$EXEC" \
+		-- -n $ACPID_ARGS
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+stop() {
+	printf 'Stopping %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	start-stop-daemon -K -q -p "$PIDFILE" -x "$EXEC"
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		# Give acpid time to send dying gasp to syslog
 		sleep 1
-		"$0" start
-		;;
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+restart() {
+	stop
+	start
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+	start|stop|restart)
+		"$1";;
+	reload)
+		restart;;
 	*)
-		echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
-		;;
+		echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload}"
+		exit 1
 esac