diff --git a/srcpkgs/startup/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/startup/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6199cc9c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/startup/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+case "${ACTION}" in
+post)
+	test -z "$(command -v initctl)" || initctl re-exec >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/startup/template b/srcpkgs/startup/template
index ba4f60f6b86..ea73e0f492f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/startup/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/startup/template
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'startup'
 pkgname=startup
-version=1.13.5
+version=1.14.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-sysvcompat --disable-dconf-bridge --disable-cgroups"
-conf_files="
- /etc/init/bridge-dbus.conf
- /etc/init/bridge-file.conf
- /etc/init/bridge-socket.conf"
-make_dirs="/var/log/upstart 0750 root adm"
+make_dirs="/var/log/startup 0750 root adm"
 hostmakedepends="autoconf automake libtool pkg-config gettext-devel nih-devel"
 makedepends="libnih-devel eudev-libudev-devel dbus-devel json-c-devel"
 checkdepends="python3 dbus"
@@ -18,7 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://gitlab.com/chinstrap/startup"
 changelog="${homepage}/raw/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="${homepage}/-/archive/${version}/startup-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8863c6790c9eb7ce73b78f1f76d6e07ab05abddebf0a7b5f22f59883596f07ce
+checksum=bdfbcfa2a646520df581d6ec8a291a41174288ad990f82effe2272e0f5209d81
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
@@ -36,22 +32,18 @@ startup-tools_package() {
 		vmove usr/bin/initctl2dot
 		vmove usr/bin/startup-monitor
 		vmove usr/share/icons
-		vmove usr/share/startup/icons
-		vmove usr/share/applications/startup-monitor.desktop
+		vmove usr/share/applications
 		vmove usr/share/man/man8/startup-monitor.8
 	}
 }
 
 startup-bridge-udev_package() {
-	conf_files="/etc/init/bridge-udev.conf"
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - udev event bridge"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/libexec/startup/bridge/udev
-		vmove etc/init/bridge-udev.conf
-		vmove usr/share/upstart/sessions/bridge-udev.conf
-		vmove "usr/share/man/man7/*-added.7"
-		vmove "usr/share/man/man7/*-removed.7"
+		vmove usr/share/startup/bridge-udev.conf
+		vmove usr/share/xdg/startup/bridge-udev.conf
 		vmove usr/share/man/man8/startup-udev-bridge.8
 	}
 }