diff --git a/files/fail2ban-openrc.conf b/files/fail2ban-openrc.conf
index 57706d3d..52686a89 100644
--- a/files/fail2ban-openrc.conf
+++ b/files/fail2ban-openrc.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 # For available options, please run "fail2ban-server --help".
 #FAIL2BAN_OPTIONS="-x"
+
+# fail2ban runs under both the classic start-stop-daemon and the more
+# modern supervise-daemon. Below we default to supervise-daemon, but
+# only if $supervisor is unset. If you prefer start-stop-daemon,
+# comment out the following line.
+: ${supervisor:=supervise-daemon}