diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27ec1d9b..e6f23b56 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ This is equivalent to running the  `docker run -d base /bin/sh -c "while true; d
 ```puppet
 docker::run { 'helloworld':
   image            => 'base',
+  detach           => true,
   service_prefix   => 'docker-',
   command          => '/bin/sh -c "while true; do echo hello world; sleep 1; done"',
   ports            => ['4444', '4555'],
diff --git a/manifests/run.pp b/manifests/run.pp
index 5b19937e..f5d39ce4 100755
--- a/manifests/run.pp
+++ b/manifests/run.pp
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
   Variant[String,Boolean] $docker_service               = false,
   Optional[Boolean] $disable_network                    = false,
   Optional[Boolean] $privileged                         = false,
+  Optional[Boolean] $detach                             = undef,
   Variant[String,Array[String],Undef] $extra_parameters = undef,
   Optional[String] $systemd_restart                     = 'on-failure',
   Variant[String,Hash,Undef] $extra_systemd_parameters  = {},
@@ -169,6 +170,12 @@
     assert_type(Pattern[/^(no|always|on-success|on-failure|on-abnormal|on-abort|on-watchdog)$/], $systemd_restart)
   }
 
+  if $detach == undef {
+    $valid_detach = $docker::params::detach_service_in_init
+  } else {
+    $valid_detach = $detach
+  }
+
   $extra_parameters_array = any2array($extra_parameters)
   $after_array = any2array($after)
   $depends_array = any2array($depends)
diff --git a/spec/defines/run_spec.rb b/spec/defines/run_spec.rb
index ddec7743..bfbaae30 100755
--- a/spec/defines/run_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/run_spec.rb
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@
         end
       end
 
+      context 'should be able to override detached' do
+        let(:params) { {'command' => 'command', 'image' => 'base', 'detach' => false} }
+        it { should contain_file(startscript_or_init).without_content(/--detach=true/) }
+      end
+
       context 'when running with a tty' do
         let(:params) { {'command' => 'command', 'image' => 'base', 'tty' => true} }
         it { should contain_file(startscript_or_init).with_content(/-t/) }