diff --git a/src/minimal_rootfs/etc/inittab b/src/minimal_rootfs/etc/inittab
index d1645d41a..7ffa3a87c 100644
--- a/src/minimal_rootfs/etc/inittab
+++ b/src/minimal_rootfs/etc/inittab
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ::sysinit:/etc/04_bootscript.sh
 ::restart:/sbin/init
-::shutdown:echo "\nSync all file buffers..."
+::shutdown:echo -e "\nSync all file buffers..."
 ::shutdown:sync
 ::shutdown:echo "Unmount all filesystems..."
 ::shutdown:umount -a -r