diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/snort b/src/initscripts/init.d/snort
index a2db0de0f..981362a03 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/snort
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/snort
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ case "$1" in
                         boot_mesg "Starting Intrusion Detection System on $DEVICE..."
                         /usr/sbin/snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -i $DEVICE -D -l /var/log/snort --create-pidfile --nolock-pidfile --pid-path /var/run/
                         evaluate_retval
+			sleep 1
                         chmod 644 /var/run/snort_$DEVICE.pid
                 done