diff --git a/qbittorrent/CHANGELOG.md b/qbittorrent/CHANGELOG.md
index 68bb71478c..822d93a32f 100644
--- a/qbittorrent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/qbittorrent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+## 5.2.0-2 (2026-05-10)
+- Fix startup loop on aarch64: drop s6-notifyoncheck wrapper so s6 supervises qbittorrent-nox directly (LSIO arm64 image has no notification-fd, causing EBADF restart loop)
+
 ## 5.2.0-1 (2026-05-10)
 - Fix qbittorrent-nox path (/usr/bin → /app) after LSIO image update
 
diff --git a/qbittorrent/config.yaml b/qbittorrent/config.yaml
index 559a7ad4f0..9b987cc09b 100644
--- a/qbittorrent/config.yaml
+++ b/qbittorrent/config.yaml
@@ -143,4 +143,4 @@ schema:
 slug: qbittorrent
 udev: true
 url: https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons
-version: "5.2.0-1"
+version: "5.2.0-2"
diff --git a/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-qbittorrent/run b/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-qbittorrent/run
index 3f9c6b71f5..358164f4e4 100644
--- a/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-qbittorrent/run
+++ b/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-qbittorrent/run
@@ -37,13 +37,17 @@ fi
 # --- Launch qBittorrent ---
 
 # Determine log output based on silent mode
-QB_OUTPUT="/dev/stdout"
+QB_OUTPUT="/proc/1/fd/1"
 if bashio::config.true 'silent'; then
     QB_OUTPUT="/dev/null"
 fi
 
 bashio::log.info "Starting qBittorrent..."
 
-exec \
-    s6-notifyoncheck -d -n 300 -w 1000 -c "nc -z localhost ${WEBUI_PORT}" \
-    s6-setuidgid abc /app/qbittorrent-nox --webui-port="${WEBUI_PORT}" > "${QB_OUTPUT}"
+if [ -f /etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-qbittorrent/notification-fd ]; then
+    exec \
+        s6-notifyoncheck -d -n 300 -w 1000 -c "nc -z localhost ${WEBUI_PORT}" \
+        s6-setuidgid abc /app/qbittorrent-nox --webui-port="${WEBUI_PORT}" > "${QB_OUTPUT}"
+else
+    exec s6-setuidgid abc /app/qbittorrent-nox --webui-port="${WEBUI_PORT}" > "${QB_OUTPUT}"
+fi