diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 252972c9c1..472ed45972 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Merged from 2.2:
  * (Hadoop) fix splits calculation (CASSANDRA-10640)
  * (Hadoop) ensure that Cluster instances are always closed (CASSANDRA-10058)
 Merged from 2.1:
+ * Status command in debian/ubuntu init script doesn't work (CASSANDRA-10213)
  * Some DROP ... IF EXISTS incorrectly result in exceptions on non-existing KS (CASSANDRA-10658)
  * DeletionTime.compareTo wrong in rare cases (CASSANDRA-10749)
  * Force encoding when computing statement ids (CASSANDRA-10755)
diff --git a/debian/init b/debian/init
index ff563d3064..26ce55ca2d 100644
--- a/debian/init
+++ b/debian/init
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ FD_LIMIT=100000
 # process is not running but the pidfile exists (to match the exit codes for
 # the "status" command; see LSB core spec 3.1, section 20.2)
 #
-CMD_PATT="cassandra.+CassandraDaemon"
+CMD_PATT="Dcassandra-pidfile=.*cassandra\.pid"
 is_running()
 {
     if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then