diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f3768c16b..ea5f357b0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-01-03 Cedric Bail
+
+	* Fix restart of E17 after manually monitoring it.
+
 2012-12-31 Mike Blumenkrantz
 
         * Added function to hide all active menus
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 898818f9f..c53250b29 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ Fixes:
     * e_win now traps elm_win_activate to ensure that internal elm
       windows don't fail to raise as expected if user has configured
       E to ignore activate hints
+    * Fix restarting E17 after manually monitoring it.
diff --git a/src/bin/e_start_main.c b/src/bin/e_start_main.c
index d23a45b3c..7ce1415ad 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_start_main.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_start_main.c
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
      {
         pid_t child;
 
+	stop_ptrace = EINA_FALSE;
+
         child = fork();
 
         if (child < 0) /* failed attempt */