diff --git a/19.0/fpm-alpine/entrypoint.sh b/19.0/fpm-alpine/entrypoint.sh
index b9ec5fc5..29245d46 100755
--- a/19.0/fpm-alpine/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/19.0/fpm-alpine/entrypoint.sh
@@ -185,4 +185,9 @@ if expr "$1" : "apache" 1>/dev/null || [ "$1" = "php-fpm" ] || [ "${NEXTCLOUD_UP
     fi
 fi
 
+
+if [ "${START_CRON}" = "true" ]; then
+  sh /cron.sh &
+fi
+
 exec "$@"