diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
index 1a391ab04ea795b56d2c7017cc6babc5026f294d..e16d61c334a651840eef1db5ec953c61e3e3ec2d 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	# "start-stop-daemon --oknodo" returns 0 even if Asterisk was already running (as LSB expects):
 	if test "x$COLOR" = "xyes" ; then
 		export TERM=linux
-		start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --background --exec $DAEMON -- $ASTARGS
+		start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --background --exec $DAEMON -- $ASTARGS -c
 	else
 		start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -- $ASTARGS
 	fi