diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 86820f3928..c602d8936e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1165,9 +1165,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5ab49abadf3f9e1c4bc499e8845e152ad87d2ad2d30371841171169e9d75feee"
+checksum = "8380fe0152551244f0747b1bf41737e0f8a74f97a14ccefd1148187271634f3c"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
diff --git a/rtl8168d/Cargo.toml b/rtl8168d/Cargo.toml
index f5232dca04..c10aace849 100644
--- a/rtl8168d/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rtl8168d/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 bitflags = "1"
 netutils = { git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/netutils.git", branch = "redox-unix" }
 redox_event = { git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/event.git" }
-redox_syscall = "0.2.9"
+redox_syscall = "0.2.11"
diff --git a/rtl8168d/src/main.rs b/rtl8168d/src/main.rs
index b632089a2f..e81764aa36 100644
--- a/rtl8168d/src/main.rs
+++ b/rtl8168d/src/main.rs
@@ -74,27 +74,9 @@ fn main() {
     let irq_str = args.next().expect("rtl8168d: no irq provided");
     let irq = irq_str.parse::<u8>().expect("rtl8168d: failed to parse irq");
 
-    println!(" + RTL8168 {} on: {:X} size: {} IRQ: {}", name, bar, bar_size, irq);
-
-    // Daemonize
-    let mut pipes = [0; 2];
-    syscall::pipe2(&mut pipes, 0).unwrap();
-    let mut read = unsafe { File::from_raw_fd(pipes[0] as RawFd) };
-    let mut write = unsafe { File::from_raw_fd(pipes[1] as RawFd) };
-    let pid = unsafe { syscall::clone(CloneFlags::empty()).unwrap() };
-    if pid != 0 {
-        drop(write);
-
-        let mut res = [0];
-        if read.read(&mut res).unwrap() == res.len() {
-            process::exit(res[0] as i32);
-        } else {
-            eprintln!("rtl8168d: daemon pipe EOF");
-            process::exit(1);
-        }
-    } else {
-        drop(read);
+    eprintln!(" + RTL8168 {} on: {:X} size: {} IRQ: {}", name, bar, bar_size, irq);
 
+    syscall::Daemon::new(move |daemon| {
         let socket_fd = syscall::open(
             ":network",
             syscall::O_RDWR | syscall::O_CREAT | syscall::O_NONBLOCK,
@@ -124,8 +106,7 @@ fn main() {
 
             syscall::setrens(0, 0).expect("rtl8168d: failed to enter null namespace");
 
-            write.write(&[0]).unwrap();
-            drop(write);
+            daemon.ready().expect("rtl8168d: failed to mark daemon as ready");
 
             let todo = Arc::new(RefCell::new(Vec::<Packet>::new()));
 
@@ -218,5 +199,6 @@ fn main() {
         unsafe {
             let _ = syscall::physunmap(address);
         }
-    }
+        process::exit(0);
+    }).expect("rtl8168d: failed to create daemon")
 }