diff --git a/src/vte.c b/src/vte.c
index 8197aba6..ec8c5df3 100644
--- a/src/vte.c
+++ b/src/vte.c
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ static void vte_restart(GtkWidget *widget)
 		pid = 0;
 	}
 	vf->vte_terminal_reset(VTE_TERMINAL(widget), TRUE, TRUE);
+	vte_start(widget);
 	set_clean(TRUE);
 }