diff --git a/modules/services/networking/avahi-daemon.nix b/modules/services/networking/avahi-daemon.nix
index 369b6d4f0fc..784ac21e89e 100644
--- a/modules/services/networking/avahi-daemon.nix
+++ b/modules/services/networking/avahi-daemon.nix
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ in
 
             mkdir -p /var/run/avahi-daemon
 
-            exec ${avahi}/sbin/avahi-daemon --daemonize -f "${avahiDaemonConf}"
+            exec ${avahi}/sbin/avahi-daemon --syslog -f "${avahiDaemonConf}"
           '';
       };