diff --git a/app-admin/sshguard/files/sshguard.initd-r1 b/app-admin/sshguard/files/sshguard.initd-r2
similarity index 65%
rename from app-admin/sshguard/files/sshguard.initd-r1
rename to app-admin/sshguard/files/sshguard.initd-r2
index e7b5ca7428b3f..4404566eb1170 100644
--- a/app-admin/sshguard/files/sshguard.initd-r1
+++ b/app-admin/sshguard/files/sshguard.initd-r2
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 #!/sbin/openrc-run
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 command="/usr/sbin/sshguard"
 pidfile="${SSHGUARD_PIDFILE:-/var/run/${SVCNAME}.pid}"
 command_args="-i \"${pidfile}\" ${SSHGUARD_OPTS}"
-command_background=1
-start_stop_daemon_args="--wait ${SSHGUARD_WAIT:-999} --interpreted --quiet"
+start_stop_daemon_args="--background --wait ${SSHGUARD_WAIT:-999} --interpreted --quiet"
 
 depend() {
 	after iptables
diff --git a/app-admin/sshguard/sshguard-2.4.0.ebuild b/app-admin/sshguard/sshguard-2.4.0.ebuild
index 2d18f329df561..8926537ef84c5 100644
--- a/app-admin/sshguard/sshguard-2.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/sshguard/sshguard-2.4.0.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 src_install() {
 	default
 
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.initd-r1 ${PN}
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.initd-r2 ${PN}
 	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.confd ${PN}
 
 	insinto /etc