diff --git a/ngcp-rate-o-mat.default.tt2 b/ngcp-rate-o-mat.default.tt2
index ba25fb3..946cdff 100644
--- a/ngcp-rate-o-mat.default.tt2
+++ b/ngcp-rate-o-mat.default.tt2
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ RATEOMAT_RUN="no"
 [% END -%]
 RATEOMAT_DEBUG=0
 
+[% IF rateomat.daemonize == "no" -%]
+RATEOMAT_DAEMONIZE=0
+[% ELSE -%]
+RATEOMAT_DAEMONIZE=1
+[% END -%]
+
 # how long we shall sleep before looking for unrated CDRs again
 RATEOMAT_LOOP_INTERVAL=[% rateomat.loopinterval %]
 
diff --git a/rate-o-mat.pl b/rate-o-mat.pl
index 766b282..9db03a6 100755
--- a/rate-o-mat.pl
+++ b/rate-o-mat.pl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use Sys::Syslog;
 use Data::Dumper;
 
 $0 = 'rate-o-mat';
-my $fork = 1;
+my $fork = $ENV{RATEOMAT_DAEMONIZE} // 1;
 my $PID;
 my $pidfile = '/var/run/rate-o-mat.pid';
 my $type = 'call';