diff --git a/resources/resmon_redhat_rc b/resources/resmon_redhat_rc
index 03c1540f76ded7cd2ad85a554f43bcf848128302..ee0853defb68dd466c007b0135f78f5c757871b9 100755
--- a/resources/resmon_redhat_rc
+++ b/resources/resmon_redhat_rc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ umask 077
 
 start() {
         echo -n $"Starting resmon: "
-        daemon $RESMON_BIN
+        daemon $RESMON_BIN -c $RESMON_CONF
         RETVAL=$?
         echo
         [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $RESMON_LOCK