diff --git a/templates/daemon.sysv.erb b/templates/daemon.sysv.erb
index dfefdeeb7..984045808 100644
--- a/templates/daemon.sysv.erb
+++ b/templates/daemon.sysv.erb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ start() {
         daemon --user=<%= @user %> \
             --pidfile="$PID_FILE" \
             <%- require 'shellwords' -%>
-            "$DAEMON" <%= Shellwords.escape(@options) %> >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
+            "'$DAEMON' <%= Shellwords.escape(@options) %> >> '$LOG_FILE' 2>&1 &"
         retcode=$?
         sleep 1
         mkpidfile