diff --git a/unbound/.md5sum b/unbound/.md5sum
index 700d51785..574ee5d49 100644
--- a/unbound/.md5sum
+++ b/unbound/.md5sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-20a8c112ea3ce0049dfe16f92614185e  unbound
-ed4c46476dcfb8a507cc08b1ba12a8f1  unbound-1.5.1.tar.gz
+4efc120538752183b95d997e92d1795e  unbound
+4aae09f78509eaf002f7869e19f29321  unbound-1.5.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/unbound/Pkgfile b/unbound/Pkgfile
index 868285886..1142e538b 100644
--- a/unbound/Pkgfile
+++ b/unbound/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on:  openssl expat
 
 name=unbound
-version=1.5.1
+version=1.5.2
 release=1
 source=(http://www.unbound.net/downloads/$name-$version.tar.gz
         unbound)
diff --git a/unbound/unbound b/unbound/unbound
index 990b6b1d3..df0877d7a 100644
--- a/unbound/unbound
+++ b/unbound/unbound
@@ -3,21 +3,33 @@
 # /etc/rc.d/crond: start/stop unbound daemon
 #
 
+SSD=/sbin/start-stop-daemon
+PROG=/usr/sbin/unbound
+PID=/var/run/unbound.pid
+
 case $1 in
 start)
 	/usr/sbin/unbound-anchor
-	/usr/sbin/unbound
+	$SSD --start --pidfile $PID --exec $PROG
 	;;
 stop)
-	killall -q /usr/sbin/unbound
+	$SSD --stop --retry 10 --pidfile $PID
 	;;
 restart)
 	$0 stop
-	sleep 2
 	$0 start
 	;;
+status)
+	$SSD --status --pidfile $PID
+	case $? in
+	0) echo "$PROG is running" ;;
+	1) echo "$PROG is not running but the pid file $PID exists" ;;
+	3) echo "$PROG is not running" ;;
+	4) echo "Unable to determine the program status" ;;
+	esac
+	;;
 *)
-	echo "usage: $0 [start|stop|restart]"
+	echo "usage: $0 [start|stop|restart|status]"
 	;;
 esac