diff --git a/package/ser2net/S50ser2net b/package/ser2net/S50ser2net
index 200dfd0e4d..1b178c18f4 100644
--- a/package/ser2net/S50ser2net
+++ b/package/ser2net/S50ser2net
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 start() {
     printf  "Starting ser2net: "
-    if [ ! -f /etc/ser2net.conf ] ; then
+    if [ ! -f /etc/ser2net.conf ] && [ ! -f /etc/ser2net/ser2net.yaml ] ; then
 	echo "no configuration file"
 	exit 1
     fi