diff --git a/nbd-proxy.c b/nbd-proxy.c
index bffe1f9..54c8cf7 100644
--- a/nbd-proxy.c
+++ b/nbd-proxy.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
 		execlp("nbd-client", "nbd-client",
 				"-u", ctx->sock_path,
 				"-n",
+				"-L",
 				"-t", timeout_str,
 				ctx->config->nbd_device,
 				NULL);