diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e8205e1303bb72c01ee52e613c94db887983588e..490cda191d0cb780c8cc172fbc45e04487eea2bf 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 override_dh_installinit:
 	# copy the upstream init script to debian/
 	cp addons/rc/debian/kadeploy debian/kadeploy.init
-	dh_installinit
+	dh_installinit --no-start
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install