diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 203cfb4a2c..3580d49430 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ package/dmalloc/0004-Makefile-use-the-configure-detected-or-user-supplied.patch
 package/dmalloc/0005-configure-use-LD-instead-of-hard-coding-ld.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/dmraid/0001-fix-compilation-under-musl.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/dmraid/S20dmraid lib_sysv.Variables
-package/docker-engine/S60dockerd Shellcheck lib_sysv.Indent lib_sysv.Variables
 package/docopt-cpp/0001-only-build-one-target-use-BUILD_SHARED_LIBS-where-appropriate.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/domoticz/S99domoticz Shellcheck
 package/dovecot/0001-auth-Fix-handling-passdbs-with-identical-driver-args.patch lib_patch.Upstream
diff --git a/package/docker-engine/S60dockerd b/package/docker-engine/S60dockerd
index def8bea149..aab50d84d4 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/S60dockerd
+++ b/package/docker-engine/S60dockerd
@@ -1,38 +1,68 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-NAME=dockerd
-DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
-PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
-DAEMON_ARGS=""
+DAEMON="dockerd"
+PIDFILE="/var/run/$DAEMON.pid"
 
-[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME $1
+DOCKERD_ARGS=""
 
-do_start() {
-        echo -n "Starting $NAME: "
-        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --make-pidfile \
-		--pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS \
-                && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+[ -r "/etc/default/$DAEMON" ] && . "/etc/default/$DAEMON"
+
+start() {
+	printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need word splitting for DOCKERD_ARGS
+	start-stop-daemon --start --background --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
+		--exec "/usr/bin/$DAEMON" \
+		-- --pidfile "$PIDFILE" $DOCKERD_ARGS
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	return "$status"
 }
 
-do_stop() {
-        echo -n "Stopping $NAME: "
-        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
-                && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
+stop() {
+	printf 'Stopping %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --exec "/usr/bin/$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/bin/$DAEMON"; do
+		sleep 0.1
+	done
+	rm -f "$PIDFILE"
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+restart() {
+	stop
+	start
+}
+
+reload() {
+	printf "Reloading %s config: " "$DAEMON"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP -q --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
+		--exec "/usr/bin/$DAEMON"
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	return "$status"
 }
 
 case "$1" in
-        start)
-                do_start
-                ;;
-        stop)
-                do_stop
-                ;;
-        restart)
-                do_stop
-                sleep 1
-                do_start
-                ;;
+	start|stop|restart|reload)
+		"$1";;
 	*)
-                echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
-                exit 1
+		echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload}"
+		exit 1
 esac