diff --git a/lfs/fetchmail b/lfs/fetchmail
index dbab16f36..e60c30bea 100644
--- a/lfs/fetchmail
+++ b/lfs/fetchmail
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
 PROG       = fetchmail
-PAK_VER    = 2
+PAK_VER    = 3
 
 DEPS       = ""
 
diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/fetchmail b/src/initscripts/init.d/fetchmail
index 6084934dc..be0d1263a 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/fetchmail
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/fetchmail
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 case "${1}" in
 	start)
 		boot_mesg "Starting fetchmail daemon..."
-		/usr/bin/fetchmail --daemon 300 >/dev/null 2>&1
+		/usr/bin/fetchmail --daemon 300 -f '/root/.fetchmailrc' >/dev/null 2>&1
 		evaluate_retval
 		;;