# See:
# https://github.com/NLnetLabs/nsd/issues/317

diff --git a/contrib/nsd.service b/contrib/nsd.service
index f45359f91..0cc12cc3c 100644
--- a/contrib/nsd.service
+++ b/contrib/nsd.service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ After=syslog.target network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nsd -d -c /etc/nsd/nsd.conf $NSD_EXTRA_OPTS
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nsd -d -P "" -c /etc/nsd/nsd.conf $NSD_EXTRA_OPTS
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 KillMode=mixed
 PrivateTmp=true