diff --git a/caddy b/caddy
index dd27fc5..a09f0da 100644
--- a/caddy
+++ b/caddy
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 name="caddy"
 rcvar="${name}_enable"
 
+start_cmd="${name}_start"
+
 load_rc_config ${name}
 
 : ${caddy_enable:="NO"}
@@ -31,4 +33,9 @@ command="${caddy_bin_path}"
 
 required_files="${caddy_config_path}"
 
+caddy_start()
+{
+  $command start --config ${caddy_config_path}
+}
+
 run_rc_command "$1"