diff --git a/lfs/libvirt b/lfs/libvirt
index 6a28b7b1e..8ebca73fc 100644
--- a/lfs/libvirt
+++ b/lfs/libvirt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
 SUP_ARCH   = i586 x86_64
 PROG       = libvirt
-PAK_VER    = 10
+PAK_VER    = 11
 
 DEPS       = "libpciaccess libyajl ncat qemu"
 
diff --git a/src/paks/libvirt/update.sh b/src/paks/libvirt/update.sh
index fd0ca9729..ab57cbf62 100644
--- a/src/paks/libvirt/update.sh
+++ b/src/paks/libvirt/update.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,13 @@ chown -R nobody:kvm /var/lib/libvirt/images
 restore_backup ${NAME}
 
 #restart virtlogd to use the new version
+if [ -f "/var/run/virtlogd.pid" ]; then
+# the daemon runs restart him
 /etc/init.d/virtlogd restart
+else
+# the daemon runs not start him
+/etc/init.d/virtlogd start
+fi
 
 start_service --background libvirtd