diff --git a/cron.sh b/cron.sh
index d7f06e6c89e..d2be8f4e620 100755
--- a/cron.sh
+++ b/cron.sh
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ INSTALLDIR=`echo $0 | sed 's/cron\.sh//g'`
 # prepend the installation path if not given an absolute path
 if [ "$INSTALLDIR" != "" -a "`expr index $CRONSCRIPT /`" != "1" ];then
     if ! ps auxwww | grep "$INSTALLDIR$CRONSCRIPT$MODE" | grep -v grep 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
-    	$PHP_BIN $INSTALLDIR$CRONSCRIPT$MODE &
+    	$PHP_BIN -c ${INSTALLDIR}php.ini $INSTALLDIR$CRONSCRIPT$MODE &
     fi
 else
     if  ! ps auxwww | grep "$CRONSCRIPT$MODE" | grep -v grep | grep -v cron.sh 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
-        $PHP_BIN $CRONSCRIPT$MODE &
+        $PHP_BIN -c ${INSTALLDIR}php.ini $CRONSCRIPT$MODE &
     fi
 fi