diff --git a/packaging/debian/init/cloud-agent b/packaging/debian/init/cloud-agent
index e7338752f3e..ff550bb8f66 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/init/cloud-agent
+++ b/packaging/debian/init/cloud-agent
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ start() {
 
     wait_for_network
 
-    if start_daemon -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON -cp "$CLASSPATH" -pidfile "$PIDFILE" -errfile SYSLOG $CLASS
+    if start_daemon -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON -cp "$CLASSPATH" -Djna.nosys=true -pidfile "$PIDFILE" -errfile SYSLOG $CLASS
         RETVAL=$?
     then
         rc=0