diff --git a/src/etc/rc.d/rc.subr b/src/etc/rc.d/rc.subr
index bed57966..6ed2ada7 100644
--- a/src/etc/rc.d/rc.subr
+++ b/src/etc/rc.d/rc.subr
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ rc_err() {
 
 rc_start() {
 	type rc_pre >/dev/null && rc_pre
-	$daemon $daemon_flags
+	$daemon $daemon_flags >/dev/null
 }
 
 rc_check() {