diff --git a/actions/hostname-change b/actions/hostname-change
index 3556529ce..37a6b1e1e 100755
--- a/actions/hostname-change
+++ b/actions/hostname-change
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ hostname="$1"
 
 echo "$hostname" > /etc/hostname
 if [ -x /etc/init.d/hostname.sh ] ; then
-    service hostname.sh start
+    invoke-rc.d hostname.sh start
 else
     service hostname start
 fi