diff --git a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_start.c b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_start.c
index 79b6f58f650ae30c5a5baf4adcb96f4c1d6542af..e2fb1523d0f6ca8b8e1bd479e29fe618b48e3f45 100644
--- a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_start.c
+++ b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_start.c
@@ -137,5 +137,5 @@ int ssexec_start(int argc, char const *const *argv, ssexec_t *info)
         sig[2] = 0 ;
     }
 
-    return svc_send(argv, argc, sig, siglen, info) ;
+    return svc_send_wait(argv, argc, sig, siglen, info) ;
 }