diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxc/files/void.common.conf b/srcpkgs/lxc/files/void.common.conf
index e06bf24ebbb..f9f99ef061d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxc/files/void.common.conf
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxc/files/void.common.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Default pivot location
 #lxc.pivotdir = lxc_putold
 
+lxc.haltsignal = SIGCONT
+
 # Default mount entries
 lxc.mount.entry = run run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755 0 0
 lxc.mount.entry = proc proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxc/template b/srcpkgs/lxc/template
index 9a6b7df0694..4948815fea0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxc/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ _desc="Linux Containers"
 
 pkgname=lxc
 version=1.0.5
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-doc --enable-seccomp --disable-apparmor --with-distro=none
  --with-rootfs-path=/var/lxc/containers --with-log-path=/var/lxc/log"