diff --git a/debian/icinga2-common.icinga2.init b/debian/icinga2-common.icinga2.init
index e0d3e2711..cfdd04a36 100644
--- a/debian/icinga2-common.icinga2.init
+++ b/debian/icinga2-common.icinga2.init
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ check_run () {
 }
 
 check_config () {
-  $DAEMON run --validate -u "$DAEMON_USER" -g "$DAEMON_GROUP" -c "$DAEMON_CONFIG"
+  $DAEMON daemon --validate -u "$DAEMON_USER" -g "$DAEMON_GROUP" -c "$DAEMON_CONFIG"
 }
 
 #
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ do_start()
   start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
     || return 1
   start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- \
-    run -c "$DAEMON_CONFIG" -u "$DAEMON_USER" -g "$DAEMON_GROUP" -d $DAEMON_ARGS \
+    daemon -c "$DAEMON_CONFIG" -u "$DAEMON_USER" -g "$DAEMON_GROUP" -d $DAEMON_ARGS \
     || return 2
   # Add code here, if necessary, that waits for the process to be ready
   # to handle requests from services started subsequently which depend
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ do_foreground()
   start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test \
     || return 1
   start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- \
-    run -c "$DAEMON_CONFIG" -u "$DAEMON_USER" -g "$DAEMON_GROUP" $DAEMON_ARGS \
+    daemon -c "$DAEMON_CONFIG" -u "$DAEMON_USER" -g "$DAEMON_GROUP" $DAEMON_ARGS \
     || return 2
 }