diff -up ypbind-mt-1.32/man/ypbind.8.systemd ypbind-mt-1.32/man/ypbind.8
--- ypbind-mt-1.32/man/ypbind.8.systemd	2011-04-14 14:28:24.558085630 +0200
+++ ypbind-mt-1.32/man/ypbind.8	2011-04-14 14:28:24.596085630 +0200
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ ypbind \- NIS binding process
 .SH "Synopsis"
 .fam C
 .HP \w'\fBypbind\fR\ 'u
-\fBypbind\fR [\-c] [\-d | \-debug] [\-verbose] [\-broadcast] [\-broken\-server] [\-ypset] [\-ypsetme] [\-no\-ping] [\-f\ \fIconfigfile\fR] [\-local\-only] [\-ping\-interval\ \fIping\-interval\fR] [\-no\-dbus]
+\fBypbind\fR [\-c] [\-d | \-debug] [\-n | \-foreground] [\-verbose] [\-broadcast] [\-broken\-server] [\-ypset] [\-ypsetme] [\-no\-ping] [\-f\ \fIconfigfile\fR] [\-local\-only] [\-ping\-interval\ \fIping\-interval\fR] [\-no\-dbus]
 .fam
 .fam C
 .HP \w'\fBypbind\fR\ 'u
@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ in debug mode\&.
 will not put itself into background, and error messages and debug output are written to standard error\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+\fB\-foreground\fR
+.RS 4
+\fBypbind\fR
+will not put itself into background\&.
+.RE
+.PP
 \fB\-verbose\fR
 .RS 4
 Causes
@@ -365,6 +371,11 @@ contains the process id of the currently
 \fBypbind\fR
 master process\&.
 .RE
+.PP
+/lib/systemd/system/ypbind\&.service
+.RS 4
+systemd native service file\&.
+.RE
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .PP
 
diff -up ypbind-mt-1.32/src/ypbind-mt.c.systemd ypbind-mt-1.32/src/ypbind-mt.c
--- ypbind-mt-1.32/src/ypbind-mt.c.systemd	2009-11-19 11:29:00.000000000 +0100
+++ ypbind-mt-1.32/src/ypbind-mt.c	2011-04-14 14:28:24.598085629 +0200
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ const char *configfile = "/etc/yp.conf";
 int ypset = SET_NO;
 int use_broadcast = 0;
 int broken_server = 0;
+int foreground_flag = 0;
 int ping_interval = 20;
 int local_only = 0;
 int port = -1;
@@ -688,6 +689,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       else if (strcmp ("-d", argv[i]) == 0 ||
 	       strcmp ("-debug", argv[i]) == 0)
         debug_flag = 1;
+      else if (strcmp ("-f", argv[i]) == 0 ||
+	       strcmp ("-foreground", argv[i]) == 0)
+        foreground_flag = 1;
       else if (strcmp ("-v", argv[i]) == 0 ||
 	       strcmp ("-verbose", argv[i]) == 0)
         verbose_flag = 1;
@@ -830,7 +834,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       log_msg (LOG_DEBUG, "[Welcome to ypbind-mt, version %s]\n", VERSION);
       log_msg (LOG_DEBUG, "ping interval is %d seconds\n", ping_interval);
     }
-  else
+  else if (! foreground_flag)
     {
       int j;