diff --git a/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.debian b/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.debian
index 9b508a7f3..7b900f8ae 100644
--- a/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.debian
+++ b/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.debian
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ iscsi_scstd_start()
 	modprobe -q crc32c
 	modprobe iscsi-scst
 	start-stop-daemon --start --exec $DAEMON --quiet
+	/usr/local/sbin/scstadmin -config /etc/scst.conf
 	RETVAL=$?
 	if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
 	    echo "succeeded."
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ iscsi_scstd_start()
 	    rmmod iscsi-scst
 	fi
 }
-	
+
 iscsi_scstd_stop()
 {
 	echo -n "Stopping iSCSI-SCST target service: "
diff --git a/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.gentoo b/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.gentoo
index 6f6fddbe7..21adbb385 100644
--- a/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.gentoo
+++ b/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.gentoo
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ start_server()
         modprobe -q crc32c
         modprobe iscsi-scst
         /usr/local/sbin/iscsi-scstd
+        /usr/local/sbin/scstadmin -config /etc/scst.conf
 }
 
 stop_server()
diff --git a/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.redhat b/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.redhat
index ba052885c..2960a5fc1 100644
--- a/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.redhat
+++ b/iscsi-scst/etc/initd/initd.redhat
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ start()
 	modprobe iscsi-scst
 	daemon /usr/local/sbin/iscsi-scstd
 	# -d 0xFFFF
+	/usr/local/sbin/scstadmin -config /etc/scst.conf
 	RETVAL=$?
 	echo
 	return $RETVAL