diff --git a/src/daemon/start-pulseaudio-x11.in b/src/daemon/start-pulseaudio-x11.in
index 391a6d3ce..c57c489df 100755
--- a/src/daemon/start-pulseaudio-x11.in
+++ b/src/daemon/start-pulseaudio-x11.in
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
+[ -z "$PULSE_SERVER" ]
+
 @PA_BINARY@ --start "$@"
 
 if [ x"$DISPLAY" != x ] ; then