diff --git a/manifests/instance.pp b/manifests/instance.pp
index 5d677fb..ceeeb52 100644
--- a/manifests/instance.pp
+++ b/manifests/instance.pp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
   $purge_acls = ['"localhost"'],
   $varnishlog = false,
   $varnishncsa = false,
-  $ncsa_log_format = '-f',
+  $ncsa_log_format = '%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b "%{Referer}i" "%{User-agent}i"',
   $logdir = '/var/log/varnish',
   $vmods = [],
   $vmod_deps = [],
diff --git a/templates/sysvinit/varnishncsa.erb b/templates/sysvinit/varnishncsa.erb
index 376bc0d..6693330 100644
--- a/templates/sysvinit/varnishncsa.erb
+++ b/templates/sysvinit/varnishncsa.erb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PIDFILE=/var/run/varnishncsa/$NAME.pid
 LOGFILE=<%= @logdir %>/$NAME.log
 LOGFORMAT='<%= @ncsa_log_format %>'
 USER=varnishlog
-DAEMON_OPTS="-n <%= @instance %> ${LOGFORMAT} -a -w ${LOGFILE} -D -P ${PIDFILE}"
+DAEMON_OPTS="-n <%= @instance %> -a -w ${LOGFILE} -D -P ${PIDFILE}"
 
 # Include defaults if available
 if [ -f /etc/default/$NAME ] ; then
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ start_varnishncsa() {
     log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
     create_pid_directory
     if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
-        --chuid $USER --exec ${DAEMON} -- ${DAEMON_OPTS} \
+        --chuid $USER --exec ${DAEMON} -- ${DAEMON_OPTS} -F "${LOGFORMAT}" \
         > ${output} 2>&1; then
         log_end_msg 0
     else