diff --git a/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile b/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile
index 396d09bfba..bbbb13edac 100644
--- a/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile
+++ b/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Created by: sten@blinkenlights.nl
 
 PORTNAME=	recursor
-DISTVERSION=	4.4.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	4.4.3
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	http://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	powerdns-
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@ USE_RC_SUBR=	pdns-recursor
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	YES
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--sysconfdir=${PREFIX}/etc/pdns \
 		--with-protobuf \
-		--without-net-snmp
+		--without-net-snmp \
+		--without-systemd
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
diff --git a/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo b/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo
index 53c1caee8f..a09b4f2fc5 100644
--- a/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo
+++ b/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1608248216
-SHA256 (pdns-recursor-4.4.2.tar.bz2) = b0b97f49848a1758b64bc0b99a596c1583ea525477193f3c01905f5163a4f5cf
-SIZE (pdns-recursor-4.4.2.tar.bz2) = 1396763
+TIMESTAMP = 1617201578
+SHA256 (pdns-recursor-4.4.3.tar.bz2) = f8411258100cc310c75710d7f4d59b5eb4797f437f71dc466ed97a83f1babe05
+SIZE (pdns-recursor-4.4.3.tar.bz2) = 1398743
diff --git a/dns/powerdns-recursor/files/pdns-recursor.in b/dns/powerdns-recursor/files/pdns-recursor.in
index c7437049c9..4a63cb7fb0 100644
--- a/dns/powerdns-recursor/files/pdns-recursor.in
+++ b/dns/powerdns-recursor/files/pdns-recursor.in
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ pdns_recursor_enable=${pdns_recursor_enable:-"NO"}
 pdns_recursor_conf=${pdns_recursor_conf:-"%%PREFIX%%/etc/pdns/recursor.conf"}
 required_files=${pdns_recursor_conf}
 
-pidfile=/var/run/pdns-recursor/${name}.pid
-
-command=%%PREFIX%%/sbin/${name}
-command_args="--daemon"
+pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
+actual_command="%%PREFIX%%/sbin/${name}"
+command="/usr/sbin/daemon"
+command_args="-c -f -r -P ${pidfile} ${actual_command} --daemon=no --write-pid=no"
 
 run_rc_command "$1"