diff --git a/service b/service
index 58d20d3cc53..6a63d7b2865 100644
--- a/service
+++ b/service
@@ -474,6 +474,9 @@ class LinuxService(Service):
 
         if self.enable_cmd.endswith("chkconfig"):
             (rc, out, err) = self.execute_command("%s --list %s" % (self.enable_cmd, self.name))
+            if 'chkconfig --add %s' % self.name in err:
+                self.execute_command("%s --add %s" % (self.enable_cmd, self.name))
+                (rc, out, err) = self.execute_command("%s --list %s" % (self.enable_cmd, self.name))
             if not self.name in out:
                 self.module.fail_json(msg="unknown service name")
             state = out.split()[-1]