diff --git a/templates/OpenRC/files/inittab b/templates/OpenRC/files/inittab
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d77cc85d815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/OpenRC/files/inittab
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# /etc/inittab:  This file describes how the INIT process should set up
+#                the system in a certain run-level.
+
+# Default runlevel.
+id:3:initdefault:
+
+# System initialization, mount local filesystems, etc.
+si::sysinit:/sbin/rc sysinit
+
+# Further system initialization, brings up the boot runlevel.
+rc::bootwait:/sbin/rc boot
+
+l0:0:wait:/sbin/rc shutdown 
+l1:S1:wait:/sbin/rc single
+l2:2:wait:/sbin/rc nonetwork
+l3:3:wait:/sbin/rc default
+l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc default
+l5:5:wait:/sbin/rc default
+l6:6:wait:/sbin/rc reboot
+
+# TERMINALS
+c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
+c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
+c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
+c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
+c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
+c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux
+
+# SERIAL CONSOLES
+#s0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100
+#s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS1 vt100
+
+# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
+ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now
diff --git a/templates/OpenRC/template b/templates/OpenRC/template
index 865776899f2..da60e9f1a22 100644
--- a/templates/OpenRC/template
+++ b/templates/OpenRC/template
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=OpenRC
 version=20090430
 wrksrc=openrc
+revision=1
 patch_files="xbps-changes.diff"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/openrc/openrc-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_makefile
@@ -19,10 +20,12 @@ long_desc="
 conf_files="/etc/rc.conf /etc/conf.d/bootmisc /etc/conf.d/consolefont
  /etc/conf.d/dmesg /etc/conf.d/fsck /etc/conf.d/hostname /etc/conf.d/hwclock
  /etc/conf.d/keymaps /etc/conf.d/local /etc/conf.d/localmount
- /etc/conf.d/modules /etc/conf.d/network /etc/conf.d/urandom"
+ /etc/conf.d/modules /etc/conf.d/network /etc/conf.d/urandom
+ /etc/inittab"
  
 Add_dependency full glibc
 Add_dependency full psmisc
+Add_dependency full sysvinit
 
 pre_configure()
 {
@@ -35,3 +38,8 @@ pre_configure()
 			${wrksrc}/${f}
 	done
 }
+
+post_install()
+{
+	install -D -m755 ${FILESDIR}/inittab ${DESTDIR}/etc/inittab
+}