diff --git a/run.in b/run.in
index d4b13febb..93c50d2d8 100755
--- a/run.in
+++ b/run.in
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ if timeout --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     if timeout --foreground 2 sleep 0 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         # Does this version of timeout have the -k option?  (Not on RHEL 6)
         if timeout -k 10s 10s true >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            timeout="timeout -k $timeout_kill $timeout_period"
+            timeout="timeout --foreground -k $timeout_kill $timeout_period"
         fi
     fi
 fi