diff --git a/manifests/autossh.pp b/manifests/autossh.pp
index 1ded7eb..5650584 100644
--- a/manifests/autossh.pp
+++ b/manifests/autossh.pp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class sshd::autossh($host,
       source => 'puppet:///modules/sshd/autossh.init.d';
     '/etc/default/autossh':
       mode    => '0444',
-      content => "USER=$user\nPIDFILE=$pidfile\nDAEMON_ARGS='-f -o ServerAliveInterval=15 -o ServerAliveCountMax=4 -q -N -R $port_ensure:localhost:22 $remote_user_ensure@$host'\n";
+      content => "USER=$user\nPIDFILE=$pidfile\nDAEMON_ARGS='-M0 -f -o ServerAliveInterval=15 -o ServerAliveCountMax=4 -q -N -R $port_ensure:localhost:22 $remote_user_ensure@$host'\n";
   }
   package { 'autossh':
     ensure => present,