diff -p -up pgpool-II-3.0/main.c.verify_child_pid~ pgpool-II-3.0/main.c
--- pgpool-II-3.0/main.c.verify_child_pid~	2010-09-15 12:53:00.713626463 +0200
+++ pgpool-II-3.0/main.c	2010-09-15 12:54:01.550470540 +0200
@@ -730,6 +730,8 @@ static void daemonize(void)
 	pid_t		pid;
 	int			fdlimit;
     int         rc_chdir;
+	int		pstatus = 0;
+
 
 	pid = fork();
 	if (pid == (pid_t) -1)
@@ -741,8 +743,19 @@ static void daemonize(void)
 	}
 	else if (pid > 0)
 	{			/* parent */
-		pool_shmem_exit(0);
-		exit(0);
+	    	/* Just wait a short while to see if we succeed getting child
+		 * processes actually up and running once started, otherwise
+		 * we'll return with a success exit code even though the child
+		 * dies and exits with failure code. If child has died during
+		 * the short while we were waiting for it, we'll return with
+		 * it's exit code in stead, otherwise return with the default
+		 * success code.
+		 */
+		usleep(100000);
+		waitpid(pid, &pstatus, WNOHANG);
+		pstatus=WEXITSTATUS(pstatus);
+		pool_shmem_exit(pstatus);
+		exit(pstatus);
 	}
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SETSID