diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 01f681159..3b655dccf 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
 		 propagateconfig
 		 append_file
 		 run_user_exit
+		 run_user_exit1
 		 generate_aux_config
 
 		 %config
@@ -1179,6 +1180,28 @@ sub run_user_exit( $ ) {
     }
 }
 
+sub run_user_exit1( $ ) {
+    my $file = find_file $_[0];
+
+    if ( -f $file ) {
+	progress_message "Processing $file...";
+	#
+	# File may be empty -- in which case eval would fail
+	#
+	push_open $file;
+
+	if ( read_a_line ) {
+	    close_file;
+
+	    unless (my $return = eval `cat $file` ) {
+		fatal_error "Couldn't parse $file: $@" if $@;
+		fatal_error "Couldn't do $file: $!"    unless defined $return;
+		fatal_error "Couldn't run $file";
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+}
+
 #
 # Generate the aux config file for Shorewall Lite
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index 6a2ed7884..5f152b55f 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ sub add_common_rules() {
 	new_standard_chain output_chain( $interface );
     }
 
-    run_user_exit 'initdone';
+    run_user_exit1 'initdone';
     
     setup_blacklist;
 
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ sub setup_mac_lists( $ ) {
 			      'done' );
 	    }
 
-	    run_user_exit 'maclog';
+	    run_user_exit1 'maclog';
 
 	    log_rule_limit $level, $chainref , $chain , $disposition, '', '', 'add', '' if $level ne '';
 	    add_rule $chainref, "-j $target";