diff --git a/glusterfs.spec b/glusterfs.spec
index a32756f..1180123 100644
--- a/glusterfs.spec
+++ b/glusterfs.spec
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 %define _init_enable()  /bin/systemctl enable %1.service ;
 %define _init_disable() /bin/systemctl disable %1.service ;
 %define _init_restart() /bin/systemctl try-restart %1.service ;
+%define _init_start()   /bin/systemctl start %1.service ;
 %define _init_stop()    /bin/systemctl stop %1.service ;
 %define _init_install() install -D -p -m 0644 %1 %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/%2.service ;
 # can't seem to make a generic macro that works
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@
 %define _init_enable()  /sbin/chkconfig --add %1 ;
 %define _init_disable() /sbin/chkconfig --del %1 ;
 %define _init_restart() /sbin/service %1 condrestart &>/dev/null ;
+%define _init_start()   /sbin/service %1 start &>/dev/null ;
 %define _init_stop()    /sbin/service %1 stop &>/dev/null ;
 %define _init_install() install -D -p -m 0755 %1 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/%2 ;
 # can't seem to make a generic macro that works