diff --git a/sched/sched_files.cpp b/sched/sched_files.cpp
index b81515294d..e8cc265a63 100644
--- a/sched/sched_files.cpp
+++ b/sched/sched_files.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ std::vector<regex_t> file_delete_regex;
 
 int init_file_delete_regex() {
     char buf[256];
+#ifndef _USING_FCGI_
     FILE* f = fopen("../file_delete_regex", "r");
+#else
+    FCGI_FILE* f = FCGI::fopen("../file_delete_regex", "r");
+#endif
+
     if (!f) return 0;
     while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f)) {
         strip_whitespace(buf);