diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php
@@ -158,8 +158,10 @@
 
     $this->printLaunchingDaemons($daemons, $debug);
 
+    $trace = PhutilArgumentParser::isTraceModeEnabled();
+
     $flags = array();
-    if ($debug || PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('phd.trace')) {
+    if ($trace || PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('phd.trace')) {
       $flags[] = '--trace';
     }