diff --git a/media-tv/tvheadend/files/tvheadend.service b/media-tv/tvheadend/files/tvheadend.service
index cd5c5e7f9..2c9a50c5c 100644
--- a/media-tv/tvheadend/files/tvheadend.service
+++ b/media-tv/tvheadend/files/tvheadend.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Group=video
 RuntimeDirectory=tvheadend
 PIDFile=/run/tvheadend/tvheadend.pid
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/tvheadend
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/tvheadend -p /run/tvheadend/tvheadend.pid -c ${TVHEADEND_CONFIG} ${TVHEADEND_OPTIONS}
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/tvheadend -p /run/tvheadend/tvheadend.pid -c ${TVHEADEND_CONFIG} ${TVHEADEND_OPTIONS}'
 TimeoutStartSec=1m
 TimeoutStopSec=20s
 Restart=always