diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index c3ec943075..7c66dd52df 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -552,7 +552,6 @@ package/lirc-tools/0001-plugins-devinput.c-fix-build-with-musl-1.2.0.patch lib_p
 package/lirc-tools/0002-configure-add-disable-doc-option.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/lirc-tools/S25lircd lib_sysv.Indent lib_sysv.Variables
 package/live555/0001-Add-a-pkg-config-file-for-the-shared-libraries.patch lib_patch.Upstream
-package/lldpd/S60lldpd Shellcheck lib_sysv.Indent lib_sysv.Variables
 package/lm-sensors/0001-no-host-ldconfig.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/lmbench/0001-scripts-build-use-bin-bash-as-shell.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/lmbench/0002-src-Makefile-add-lmbench-to-list-of-executables.patch lib_patch.Upstream
diff --git a/package/lldpd/S60lldpd b/package/lldpd/S60lldpd
index 3dfa6c1aa1..79605c2f02 100644
--- a/package/lldpd/S60lldpd
+++ b/package/lldpd/S60lldpd
@@ -1,25 +1,61 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-#
-# Controls lldpd.
-#
 
-case $1 in
-    start)
-	printf "Starting lldpd: "
-	start-stop-daemon -S -q -p /var/run/lldpd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/lldpd
-	[ $? = 0 ] && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
-	;;
-    stop)
-	printf "Stopping lldpd: "
-	start-stop-daemon -K -q -p /var/run/lldpd.pid
-	[ $? = 0 ] && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
-	;;
-    restart)
-	$0 stop
-	$0 start
-	;;
-    *)
-	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
-	exit 1
-	;;
+DAEMON="lldpd"
+PIDFILE="/var/run/$DAEMON.pid"
+
+LLDPD_ARGS=""
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+[ -r "/etc/default/$DAEMON" ] && . "/etc/default/$DAEMON"
+
+# lldpd daemonizes and creates the PID file itself, so tell it where to
+# put it, but it does not remove it on exit.
+start() {
+	printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
+	start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
+		--exec "/usr/sbin/$DAEMON" \
+		-- -p "$PIDFILE" $LLDPD_ARGS
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+stop() {
+	printf 'Stopping %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
+		--exec "/usr/sbin/$DAEMON"
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+		return "$status"
+	fi
+	while start-stop-daemon --stop --test --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
+		--exec "/usr/sbin/$DAEMON"; do
+		sleep 0.1
+	done
+	rm -f "$PIDFILE"
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+restart() {
+	stop
+	start
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+	start|stop|restart)
+		"$1";;
+	reload)
+		# Restart, since there is no true "reload" feature.
+		restart;;
+	*)
+		echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload}"
+		exit 1
 esac