diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 029fa3692..fe13d2097 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning][SemVer].
 ### Fixed
 - Avoid permission issues in the case where `eturnalctl` was invoked by root
   from a directory the user running eturnal isn't permitted to change into.
+- Make sure `eturnalctl daemon` won't hang on the very first startup when using
+  Erlang/OTP 23 or newer.
 
 ## [1.9.1] - 2022-07-17
 ### Added
diff --git a/scripts/hooks/pre_start b/scripts/hooks/pre_start
index 2271fed07..82bfcf9b2 100644
--- a/scripts/hooks/pre_start
+++ b/scripts/hooks/pre_start
@@ -2,3 +2,14 @@ if ! [ -e "$ETURNAL_ETC_PREFIX/etc/eturnal.yml" ]
 then
     export ETURNAL_ETC_PREFIX="$RELEASE_ROOT_DIR"
 fi
+
+# Until https://github.com/erlware/relx/issues/905 is fixed:
+if [ -z "$COOKIE" ]
+then
+    "$ERTS_DIR/bin/erl" \
+        -noinput \
+        -boot 'no_dot_erlang' \
+        -sname 'cookie' \
+        -eval 'halt()' \
+        2>'/dev/null' || :
+fi