diff --git a/ADDITIONS/fetchmail.pl b/ADDITIONS/fetchmail.pl
index 820cc09a..5711564e 100755
--- a/ADDITIONS/fetchmail.pl
+++ b/ADDITIONS/fetchmail.pl
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ TXT
   print $file_handler $text;
   close $file_handler;
 
-  $ret=`/usr/bin/fetchmail -f $filename -i $run_dir/fetchmail.pid`;
+  $ret=`/usr/bin/fetchmail -f $filename --pidfile $run_dir/fetchmail.pid`;
 
   unlink $filename;