--- etc/rc.d/local_unbound		2016-05-28 11:23:02.757975916 +0200
+++ etc/rc.d/local_unbound.NEW	2016-05-28 11:25:14.763787419 +0200
@@ -100,15 +100,7 @@
 	local retry=5
 
 	echo -n "Waiting for nameserver to start..."
-	until "${command}-control" status | grep -q "is running" ; do
-		if [ $((retry -= 1)) -eq 0 ] ; then
-			echo " giving up"
-			return 1
-		fi
-		echo -n "."
-		sleep 1
-	done
-	echo " good"
+	host -W 1 -R ${retry} -t NS com 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null && echo " good" || echo " giving up"
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name