diff --git a/monitor/nut/nut-2.6.5-upsd-foreground.patch b/monitor/nut/nut-2.6.5-upsd-foreground.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ca3849bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitor/nut/nut-2.6.5-upsd-foreground.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../nut/nut-2.6.5-upsd-foreground.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2012 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+Description: Add option upsd to not detach from the controlling tty
+
+This is needed to run upsd by a supervise service like daemontools,
+runit.
+
+The original default behavoir, which detaches from the controlling tty 
+and running in background has been preserved.
+To run upsd in foreground you have to use the -f command option.
+
+diff -ruN nut-2.6.5-orig/common/common.c nut-2.6.5/common/common.c
+--- nut-2.6.5-orig/common/common.c	2012-07-31 19:38:58.000000000 +0200
++++ nut-2.6.5/common/common.c	2012-08-15 09:07:43.949002650 +0200
+@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
+ #include "nut_version.h"
+ const char *UPS_VERSION = NUT_VERSION_MACRO;
+ 
++	int	foreground = 0;
+ 	int	nut_debug_level = 0;
+ 	int	nut_log_level = 0;
+ 	static	int	upslog_flags = UPSLOG_STDERR;
+diff -ruN nut-2.6.5-orig/include/common.h nut-2.6.5/include/common.h
+--- nut-2.6.5-orig/include/common.h	2012-07-31 19:38:56.000000000 +0200
++++ nut-2.6.5/include/common.h	2012-08-15 09:14:10.999949407 +0200
+@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
+ /* close ttys and become a daemon */
+ void background(void);
+ 
++/* do not detach from controlling tty and run in foreground */
++extern int foreground;
++
+ /* do this here to keep pwd/grp stuff out of the main files */
+ struct passwd *get_user_pwent(const char *name);
+ 
+diff -ruN nut-2.6.5-orig/server/upsd.c nut-2.6.5/server/upsd.c
+--- nut-2.6.5-orig/server/upsd.c	2012-07-31 19:38:58.000000000 +0200
++++ nut-2.6.5/server/upsd.c	2012-08-15 09:07:43.949002650 +0200
+@@ -819,6 +819,7 @@
+ 	printf("		 - reload: reread configuration files\n");
+ 	printf("		 - stop: stop process and exit\n");
+ 	printf("  -D		raise debugging level\n");
++	printf("  -f		run in foreground\n");
+ 	printf("  -h		display this help\n");
+ 	printf("  -r <dir>	chroots to <dir>\n");
+ 	printf("  -q		raise log level threshold\n");
+@@ -936,6 +937,10 @@
+ 				nut_debug_level++;
+ 				break;
+ 
++			case 'f':
++				foreground = 1;
++				break;
++
+ 			case '4':
+ 				opt_af = AF_INET;
+ 				break;
+@@ -1023,7 +1028,7 @@
+ 	/* handle upsd.users */
+ 	user_load();
+ 
+-	if (!nut_debug_level) {
++	if ((!nut_debug_level) && (!foreground)) {
+ 		background();
+ 		writepid(pidfn);
+ 	} else {