diff --git a/test/redis-create.sh b/test/redis-create.sh
index 7c5b05ed3..7d891fe52 100755
--- a/test/redis-create.sh
+++ b/test/redis-create.sh
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ fi
 # The Boulder container will wait for this port on this container to be
 # available before starting up.
 echo "Starting a server so everything knows we're done."
-redis-server /test/redis.config
+exec redis-server /test/redis.config