diff --git a/fcron/.md5sum b/fcron/.md5sum
index 4d3f5eae5..cd550a74f 100644
--- a/fcron/.md5sum
+++ b/fcron/.md5sum
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-e11816b7a028e356626e4ccc359b0c95  fcron
+24abad262c8fc12608a87b72e838153a  fcron
 4b031c2fba32a98fa814d1557158b0e9  fcron-3.2.0.src.tar.gz
 0153ce1b5ac57ab970abafbde26a9b62  systab.orig
diff --git a/fcron/Pkgfile b/fcron/Pkgfile
index 3680112f6..be2de7821 100644
--- a/fcron/Pkgfile
+++ b/fcron/Pkgfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 name=fcron
 version=3.2.0
-release=1
+release=2
 source=(http://fcron.free.fr/archives/$name-$version.src.tar.gz
         fcron systab.orig)
 
diff --git a/fcron/fcron b/fcron/fcron
index 3eaf92715..5c4525930 100644
--- a/fcron/fcron
+++ b/fcron/fcron
@@ -3,23 +3,39 @@
 # /etc/rc.d/fcron: start/stop fcron daemon
 #
 
+SSD=/sbin/start-stop-daemon
+PROG=/usr/sbin/fcron
+PID=/var/run/fcron.pid
+OPTS="--background"
+
 case $1 in
 start)
-	/usr/sbin/fcron -b
+	$SSD --start --pidfile $PID --exec $PROG -- $OPTS
 	if [ ! -f /var/spool/fcron/systab ]; then
 	   /usr/bin/fcrontab -u systab -z
 	fi
 	;;
 stop)
-	killall -q /usr/sbin/fcron
+	$SSD --stop --retry 10 --pidfile $PID
 	;;
 restart)
 	$0 stop
-	sleep 2
 	$0 start
 	;;
+reload)
+	$SSD --stop --signal USR1 --pidfile $PID
+	;;
+status)
+	$SSD --status --pidfile $PID
+	case $? in
+	0) echo "$PROG is running" ;;
+	1) echo "$PROG is not running but the pid file $PID exists" ;;
+	3) echo "$PROG is not running" ;;
+	4) echo "Unable to determine the program status" ;;
+	esac
+	;;
 *)
-	echo "usage: $0 [start|stop|restart]"
+	echo "usage: $0 [start|stop|restart|reload|status]"
 	;;
 esac