diff --git a/sh/s6.sh b/sh/s6.sh
index 99aba3fd..a45456a3 100644
--- a/sh/s6.sh
+++ b/sh/s6.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ s6_start()
 	s6_service_link="${RC_SVCDIR}/s6-scan/${s6_service_path##*/}"
 	ebegin "Starting ${name:-$RC_SVCNAME}"
 	ln -sf "${s6_service_path}" "${s6_service_link}"
+	s6-svscanctl -na "${RC_SVCDIR}"/s6-scan
+	sleep 1.5
 	s6-svc -u "${s6_service_link}"
 	if [ -n "$s6_svwait_options_start" ]; then
 		s6-svwait ${s6_svwait_options_start} "${s6_service_link}"