diff --git a/cr-restore.c b/cr-restore.c
index 64815c90b..b7d050daa 100644
--- a/cr-restore.c
+++ b/cr-restore.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ static int restore_task_with_children(int my_pid)
 	return restore_one_task(my_pid);
 }
 
-static int restore_root_task(int fd)
+static int restore_root_task(int fd, bool detach)
 {
 	struct pstree_entry e;
 	int ret, i;
@@ -1240,11 +1240,12 @@ static int restore_root_task(int fd)
 	pr_info("Go on!!!\n");
 	cr_wait_set(&task_entries->start, 1);
 
-	wait(NULL);
+	if (!detach)
+		wait(NULL);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int restore_all_tasks(pid_t pid)
+static int restore_all_tasks(pid_t pid, bool detach)
 {
 	int pstree_fd;
 	u32 type = 0;
@@ -1256,7 +1257,7 @@ static int restore_all_tasks(pid_t pid)
 	if (prepare_shared(pstree_fd))
 		return -1;
 
-	return restore_root_task(pstree_fd);
+	return restore_root_task(pstree_fd, detach);
 }
 
 static long restorer_get_vma_hint(pid_t pid, struct list_head *self_vma_list, long vma_len)
@@ -1623,5 +1624,5 @@ int cr_restore_tasks(pid_t pid, struct cr_options *opts)
 
 	if (opts->leader_only)
 		return restore_one_task(pid);
-	return restore_all_tasks(pid);
+	return restore_all_tasks(pid, opts->restore_detach);
 }
diff --git a/crtools.c b/crtools.c
index 1a61589ac..0a80ccccd 100644
--- a/crtools.c
+++ b/crtools.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int action = -1;
 	int log_inited = 0;
 
-	static const char short_opts[] = "f:p:t:hcD:o:";
+	static const char short_opts[] = "df:p:t:hcD:o:";
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(PAGE_SIZE != PAGE_IMAGE_SIZE);
 
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'f':
 			opts.show_dump_file = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'd':
+			opts.restore_detach = true;
+			break;
 		case 'D':
 			if (chdir(optarg)) {
 				pr_perror("can't change working directory");
@@ -322,6 +325,7 @@ usage:
 	printk("  -c             in case of checkpoint -- continue running the process after\n"
 	       "                 checkpoint complete, in case of showing file contents --\n"
 	       "                 show contents of pages dumped in hexdump format\n");
+	printk("  -d             detach after restore\n");
 
 	printk("\nAdditional common parameters:\n");
 	printk("  -D dir         save checkpoint files in specified directory\n");
diff --git a/include/crtools.h b/include/crtools.h
index ed3af5d94..698e0af57 100644
--- a/include/crtools.h
+++ b/include/crtools.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct cr_options {
 	enum cr_task_state		final_state;
 	bool				show_pages_content;
 	char				*show_dump_file;
+	bool				restore_detach;
 };
 
 /* file descriptors template */
diff --git a/test/zdtm.sh b/test/zdtm.sh
index e6ed06a8a..ea50841b1 100644
--- a/test/zdtm.sh
+++ b/test/zdtm.sh
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ run_test()
 		echo Waiting...
 		sleep 1
 	done
-	setsid $CRTOOLS restore -D $ddump -o restore.log -t $pid &
-	sleep 1
+	setsid $CRTOOLS restore -D $ddump -o restore.log -d -t $pid || return 1
 	ls -l /proc/$pid/fd/
 	make -C $tdir $tname.out
-	wait || return 1
 	for i in `seq 5`; do
 		test -f $test.out && break;
 		echo Waiting...