diff --git a/install/rhel/7/monit/spamassassin.conf b/install/rhel/7/monit/spamassassin.conf
index 0c9729d5..870dd161 100644
--- a/install/rhel/7/monit/spamassassin.conf
+++ b/install/rhel/7/monit/spamassassin.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 check process spamassassin with pidfile /var/run/spamd.pid
-    start program = "/etc/init.d/spamassassin start"
-    stop program  = "/etc/init.d/spamassassin stop"
+    start program = "/usr/bin/systemctl start spamassassin"
+    stop program  = "/usr/bin/systemctl stop spamassassin"