diff --git a/wrappers/initscript.in b/wrappers/initscript.in
index 82dd20e..ec3e5e1 100644
--- a/wrappers/initscript.in
+++ b/wrappers/initscript.in
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
# piddir: @localstatedir@/run/@PACKAGE_BASE_NAME@
#
+# Avoid using systemd for now
+SYSTEMCTL_SKIP_REDIRECT=1 ; export SYSTEMCTL_SKIP_REDIRECT
+
# Source function library.
if [ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ] ; then
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions