diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index 09c7277e33..275111ca51 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
   mkdir -p /dev/pts
   mount -n -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=620 none /dev/pts
 
+  mkdir -p /dev/shm
+  mount -n -t tmpfs none /dev/shm
+
 # starting init scripts for wanted runlevel
 
 . /etc/profile