diff --git a/source/msmtp/rc.d/rc.msmtpd b/source/msmtp/rc.d/rc.msmtpd
index 1237c1b..37a5845 100644
--- a/source/msmtp/rc.d/rc.msmtpd
+++ b/source/msmtp/rc.d/rc.msmtpd
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 SERVICE_EXEC="%BUILD_PREFIX%/bin/msmtpd"
 SERVICE_ARGS=('--log=syslog')
 DAEMON_EXEC="/usr/bin/daemon"
-DAEMON_ARGS=('-N' '-n' "${0##*rc.}" '-r' '-a' '60' '-A' '5' '-L' '3600' '-M' '3' '-l' 'daemon.err' '-b' 'daemon.debug' '-o' 'daemon.info' '--')
+DAEMON_ARGS=('-N' '-n' "${0##*rc.}" '-r' '-a' '60' '-A' '5' '-L' '3600' '-M' '3' '-l' 'daemon.err' '-b' 'daemon.debug' '-o' 'daemon.info')
 
 # Allow configuration in /etc/default to override.
 # Additional available variables:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ startdaemon() {
   }
   # shellcheck disable=SC2048,SC2046,SC2086
   ${DAEMON_ENVIRONMENT:+declare ${DAEMON_ENVIRONMENT[*]};} "$DAEMON_EXEC" ${DAEMON_ARGS[*]} ${DAEMON_EXTRA_ARGS[*]} \
-      $(printf -- "-e \"%s\" " "${SERVICE_ENVIRONMENT[@]}") "$SERVICE_EXEC" ${SERVICE_ARGS[*]} ${SERVICE_EXTRA_ARGS[*]}
+      $(printf -- "-e \"%s\" " "${SERVICE_ENVIRONMENT[@]}") -- "$SERVICE_EXEC" ${SERVICE_ARGS[*]} ${SERVICE_EXTRA_ARGS[*]}
   # shellcheck disable=SC2181
   if (( $? != 0 )); then
     error "error starting '${DAEMON_EXEC##*/}:'"