diff --git a/contrib/start-scripts/freebsd b/contrib/start-scripts/freebsd
index 758574b427f..e37421253d9 100644
--- a/contrib/start-scripts/freebsd
+++ b/contrib/start-scripts/freebsd
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test -x $DAEMON ||
 
 case $1 in
     start)
-	su -l $PGUSER -c "$DAEMON -D '$PGDATA' &" >>$PGLOG 2>&1
+	su -l $PGUSER -c "$DAEMON -D '$PGDATA' >>$PGLOG 2>&1 &"
 	echo -n ' postgresql'
 	;;
     stop)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ case $1 in
 	;;
     restart)
 	su -l $PGUSER -c "$PGCTL stop -D '$PGDATA' -s -m fast -w"
-	su -l $PGUSER -c "$DAEMON -D '$PGDATA' &" >>$PGLOG 2>&1
+	su -l $PGUSER -c "$DAEMON -D '$PGDATA' >>$PGLOG 2>&1 &"
 	;;
     status)
 	su -l $PGUSER -c "$PGCTL status -D '$PGDATA'"
diff --git a/contrib/start-scripts/linux b/contrib/start-scripts/linux
index b950cf512c3..023a4ca1e64 100644
--- a/contrib/start-scripts/linux
+++ b/contrib/start-scripts/linux
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ case $1 in
 	echo -n "Starting PostgreSQL: "
 	test x"$OOM_SCORE_ADJ" != x && echo "$OOM_SCORE_ADJ" > /proc/self/oom_score_adj
 	test x"$OOM_ADJ" != x && echo "$OOM_ADJ" > /proc/self/oom_adj
-	su - $PGUSER -c "$DAEMON -D '$PGDATA' &" >>$PGLOG 2>&1
+	su - $PGUSER -c "$DAEMON -D '$PGDATA' >>$PGLOG 2>&1 &"
 	echo "ok"
 	;;
   stop)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ case $1 in
 	su - $PGUSER -c "$PGCTL stop -D '$PGDATA' -s -m fast -w"
 	test x"$OOM_SCORE_ADJ" != x && echo "$OOM_SCORE_ADJ" > /proc/self/oom_score_adj
 	test x"$OOM_ADJ" != x && echo "$OOM_ADJ" > /proc/self/oom_adj
-	su - $PGUSER -c "$DAEMON -D '$PGDATA' &" >>$PGLOG 2>&1
+	su - $PGUSER -c "$DAEMON -D '$PGDATA' >>$PGLOG 2>&1 &"
 	echo "ok"
 	;;
   reload)
diff --git a/contrib/start-scripts/osx/PostgreSQL b/contrib/start-scripts/osx/PostgreSQL
index c6a19d2e009..3de9de64162 100755
--- a/contrib/start-scripts/osx/PostgreSQL
+++ b/contrib/start-scripts/osx/PostgreSQL
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ StartService () {
     if [ "${POSTGRESQL:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then
         ConsoleMessage "Starting PostgreSQL database server"
         if [ "${ROTATELOGS}" = "1" ]; then
-            sudo -u $PGUSER sh -c "${DAEMON} -D '${PGDATA}' &" 2>&1 | ${LOGUTIL} "${PGLOG}" ${ROTATESEC} &
+            sudo -u $PGUSER sh -c "${DAEMON} -D '${PGDATA}' 2>&1 | ${LOGUTIL} \"${PGLOG}\" ${ROTATESEC} &"
         else
-            sudo -u $PGUSER sh -c "${DAEMON} -D '${PGDATA}' &" >>"$PGLOG" 2>&1
+            sudo -u $PGUSER sh -c "${DAEMON} -D '${PGDATA}' >>\"$PGLOG\" 2>&1 &"
         fi
     fi
 }
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ RestartService () {
 	sudo -u $PGUSER sh -c "$PGCTL stop -D '${PGDATA}' -s -m fast"
 	# should match StartService:
         if [ "${ROTATELOGS}" = "1" ]; then
-            sudo -u $PGUSER sh -c "${DAEMON} -D '${PGDATA}' &" 2>&1 | ${LOGUTIL} "${PGLOG}" ${ROTATESEC} &
+            sudo -u $PGUSER sh -c "${DAEMON} -D '${PGDATA}' 2>&1 | ${LOGUTIL} \"${PGLOG}\" ${ROTATESEC} &"
         else
-            sudo -u $PGUSER sh -c "${DAEMON} -D '${PGDATA}' &" >>"$PGLOG" 2>&1
+            sudo -u $PGUSER sh -c "${DAEMON} -D '${PGDATA}' >>\"$PGLOG\" 2>&1 &"
         fi
     else
         StopService