diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e6e96e7b8..7ec98dd44 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 [[package]]
 name = "daemonize"
 version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/daemonize#df00295f03450326613f2d616059fd44434a0d74"
 dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.36 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "app_dirs 1.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "clap 2.29.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ctrlc 1.1.1 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-ctrlc.git)",
- "daemonize 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "daemonize 0.2.3 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/daemonize)",
  "dir 0.1.0",
  "docopt 0.8.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "env_logger 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -3622,7 +3622,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum ct-logs 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "61cd11fb222fecf889f4531855c614548e92e8bd2eb178e35296885df5ee9a7c"
 "checksum ctrlc 1.1.1 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-ctrlc.git)" = "<none>"
 "checksum custom_derive 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ef8ae57c4978a2acd8b869ce6b9ca1dfe817bff704c220209fdef2c0b75a01b9"
-"checksum daemonize 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0239832c1b4ca406d5ec73728cf4c7336d25cf85dd32db9e047e9e706ee0e935"
+"checksum daemonize 0.2.3 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/daemonize)" = "<none>"
 "checksum difference 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b3304d19798a8e067e48d8e69b2c37f0b5e9b4e462504ad9e27e9f3fce02bba8"
 "checksum docopt 0.8.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d8acd393692c503b168471874953a2531df0e9ab77d0b6bbc582395743300a4a"
 "checksum dtoa 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "09c3753c3db574d215cba4ea76018483895d7bff25a31b49ba45db21c48e50ab"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bfad275ce..1d73eb23e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ tempdir = "0.3"
 winapi = "0.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
-daemonize = "0.2"
+daemonize = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/daemonize" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["ui-precompiled"]