diff --git a/nagios/daemon-init.in b/nagios/daemon-init.in
index cdb9b93..b06bb33 100644
--- a/nagios/daemon-init.in
+++ b/nagios/daemon-init.in
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ case "$1" in
 			su - $NagiosUser -c "touch $NagiosVarDir/nagios.log $NagiosRetentionFile"
 			rm -f $NagiosCommandFile
 			touch $NagiosRunFile
-			chown $NagiosUser:$NagiosGroup $NagiosRunFile
+			chown -h $NagiosUser:$NagiosGroup $NagiosRunFile
 			$NagiosBin -d $NagiosCfgFile
 			if [ -d $NagiosLockDir ]; then touch $NagiosLockDir/$NagiosLockFile; fi
 			echo " done."