diff --git a/package/base/cron/cron.run b/package/base/cron/cron.run
index 3b5a2d787..67326a323 100644
--- a/package/base/cron/cron.run
+++ b/package/base/cron/cron.run
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ for x in /etc/cron.daily/*
 do
 	echo "-- $x"
 	echo
-	nice -19 $x
+	nice -n19 $x
 done