diff --git a/jobs/shield-daemon/spec b/jobs/shield-daemon/spec
index 13b871a5..de93187c 100644
--- a/jobs/shield-daemon/spec
+++ b/jobs/shield-daemon/spec
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ provides:
 consumes:
 - name: shield-db
   type: sql
+  optional: true
 - name: sessions-db
   type: sql
   optional: true