--- signer/src/ods-signer.c	2014-06-19 14:32:57.020658844 +0200
+++ signer/src/ods-signer.c	2014-06-19 15:02:00.298668676 +0200
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@
     int sockfd, ret, flags;
     struct sockaddr_un servaddr;
     const char* servsock_filename = ODS_SE_SOCKFILE;
+    char *cfgcmd = NULL;
 
     ods_log_init(NULL, 0, 0);
 
@@ -292,6 +293,21 @@
         if (cmd && ods_strcmp(cmd, "start\n") == 0) {
             return system(ODS_SE_ENGINE);
         }
+	if (cmd && (strncmp(cmd, "start ", 6) == 0)) {
+	    // Construct ODS_SE_ENGINE + " -c " + cmd[6:-1]
+	    cfgcmd = malloc(strlen(ODS_SE_ENGINE) + 4 + strlen(cmd)-7 + 1);
+	    if (cfgcmd == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate memory for start command.\n");
+		return ENOMEM;
+	    }
+	    strcpy(cfgcmd, ODS_SE_ENGINE);
+	    strcat(cfgcmd, " -c ");
+	    memcpy(cfgcmd + strlen(ODS_SE_ENGINE)+4, cmd + 6, strlen(cmd)-7);
+	    cfgcmd [strlen(ODS_SE_ENGINE) + 4 + strlen(cmd)-7] = 0;
+	    ret = system(cfgcmd);
+	    free(cfgcmd);
+	    return ret;
+	}
 
         if (cmd && ods_strcmp(cmd, "running\n") == 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Engine not running.\n");
--- tools/ods-control.in	2014-06-19 15:24:06.167657834 +0200
+++ tools/ods-control.in	2014-06-19 15:26:16.056811721 +0200
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 enforcer_pid_file="@OPENDNSSEC_ENFORCER_PIDFILE@"
 signer_pid_file="@OPENDNSSEC_SIGNER_PIDFILE@"
 signer_socket_file="@OPENDNSSEC_SIGNER_SOCKET@"
+signer_config_file="@OPENDNSSEC_CONFIG_DIR@/conf.xml"
 
 
 case "$1" in
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
 
 	'start')
 		echo "Starting signer engine..."
-		"$sbindir/ods-signer" start
+		"$sbindir/ods-signer" start "$signer_config_file"
 		
 		RETVAL=$?
 		if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then