diff -ru -x '*~' unionfs-fuse-0.26-orig/src/unionfs.c unionfs-fuse-0.26/src/unionfs.c
--- unionfs-fuse-0.26-orig/src/unionfs.c	2012-09-11 00:06:32.000000000 +0200
+++ unionfs-fuse-0.26/src/unionfs.c	2014-05-21 14:22:03.597861805 +0200
@@ -831,6 +831,10 @@
 	}
 #endif
 
+	/* Prevent systemd's shutdown from killing us. */
+	if (access("/etc/initrd-release", F_OK) >= 0)
+		argv[0][0] = '@';
+
 	umask(0);
 	int res = fuse_main(args.argc, args.argv, &unionfs_oper, NULL);
 	RETURN(uopt.doexit ? uopt.retval : res);