diff --git a/hypervisor/qemu/qemu_process.go b/hypervisor/qemu/qemu_process.go
index 08c1cbb7..25aae52d 100644
--- a/hypervisor/qemu/qemu_process.go
+++ b/hypervisor/qemu/qemu_process.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func launchQemu(qc *QemuContext, ctx *hypervisor.VmContext) {
 	cmd.Stdout = stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = stderr
 
-	err := cmd.Run()
+	err := cmd.Start()
 
 	if stdout.Len() != 0 {
 		glog.V(1).Info(stdout.String())