diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
index 465948e7074..fc160b0594c 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
@@ -553,11 +553,11 @@ start_postmaster(void)
 		else
 			close(fd);
 
-		cmd = psprintf("\"%s\" /C \"\"%s\" %s%s < \"%s\" >> \"%s\" 2>&1\"",
+		cmd = psprintf("\"%s\" /D /C \"\"%s\" %s%s < \"%s\" >> \"%s\" 2>&1\"",
 					   comspec, exec_path, pgdata_opt, post_opts, DEVNULL, log_file);
 	}
 	else
-		cmd = psprintf("\"%s\" /C \"\"%s\" %s%s < \"%s\" 2>&1\"",
+		cmd = psprintf("\"%s\" /D /C \"\"%s\" %s%s < \"%s\" 2>&1\"",
 					   comspec, exec_path, pgdata_opt, post_opts, DEVNULL);
 
 	if (!CreateRestrictedProcess(cmd, &pi, false))