diff -Nru irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/changelog irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/changelog
--- irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/changelog	2016-01-09 10:24:25.000000000 +0000
+++ irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/changelog	2016-04-11 16:26:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+irqbalance (1.1.0-2ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * Do not start when inside a container (LP: #1454273) 
+
+ -- Simon Deziel <simon.deziel@gmail.com>  Mon, 11 Apr 2016 16:22:21 +0000
+
 irqbalance (1.1.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix FTBFS on arm64
diff -Nru irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/irqbalance.init irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/irqbalance.init
--- irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/irqbalance.init	2014-09-10 01:07:43.000000000 +0000
+++ irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/irqbalance.init	2016-04-11 16:34:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
 
 case "$1" in
     start)
+        if [ -x /usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt ] && /usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt --quiet --container; then
+            log_daemon_msg "Not starting $NAME in container"
+            log_end_msg 0
+            exit 0
+        fi
+
         log_begin_msg "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
 
         pid=$( pidofproc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON )
@@ -63,6 +69,12 @@
         log_end_msg $?
         ;;
     restart|force-reload)
+        if [ -x /usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt ] && /usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt --quiet --container; then
+            log_daemon_msg "Not restarting $NAME in container"
+            log_end_msg 0
+            exit 0
+        fi
+
         log_begin_msg "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
 
         start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 5 --quiet --oknodo --exec $DAEMON
diff -Nru irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/irqbalance.upstart irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/irqbalance.upstart
--- irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/irqbalance.upstart	2014-09-10 00:50:17.000000000 +0000
+++ irqbalance-1.1.0/debian/irqbalance.upstart	2016-04-11 16:27:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 description	"CPU interrupts balancing daemon"
 author		"Chuck Short <zulcss@ubuntu.com>"
 
-start on runlevel [2345]
+start on runlevel [2345] and not-container
 stop on runlevel [!2345]
 
 expect fork