diff --git a/Utils/Daemon/Daemon.hh b/Utils/Daemon/Daemon.hh
index 3fb0018a3e45771ff229233071ff6d2e56052a75..cb14ca767ea178d5a132a8e44248192a4fc23606 100644
--- a/Utils/Daemon/Daemon.hh
+++ b/Utils/Daemon/Daemon.hh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ namespace senf {
         int argc();                     ///< Access command line parameter count
         char const ** argv();           ///< Access command line parameters
 
-        void exit(unsigned code=0);     ///< Terminate daemon with failure
+        static void exit(unsigned code=0);     ///< Terminate daemon with failure
 
         ///\}