diff --git a/bin/addhomedir b/bin/addhomedir
index 7212dc1..8873328 100755
--- a/bin/addhomedir
+++ b/bin/addhomedir
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ if not os.path.isdir(cfg['skeleton_dir']):
     fail("invalid skeleton dir %s" % cfg['skeleton_dir'])
 
 try:
-    os.execvp("/usr/sbin/nscd", ("/usr/sbin/nscd", "-i", "passwd"))
+    os.spawnvp(os.P_WAIT, "/usr/sbin/nscd", ("/usr/sbin/nscd", "-i", "passwd"))
     pwent = pwd.getpwnam(username)
     uid = pwent.pw_uid
     gid = pwent.pw_gid