diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/05_mount_filesystem b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/05_mount_filesystem
index 5e01697c05..c82f9efaae 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/05_mount_filesystem
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/05_mount_filesystem
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
+. /etc/profile
+
 progress "mounting needed filesystems"
 
   $IONICE mount -n -t ramfs none /var
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_make_directorys b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_make_directorys
index 0ba5960624..574743e850 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_make_directorys
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_make_directorys
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
+. /etc/profile
+
 progress "make variable directory structure"
   $IONICE mkdir -p /var/cache \
                    /var/log \
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/08_userconfig b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/08_userconfig
index 37e32d50f2..92025238b6 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/08_userconfig
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/08_userconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
+. /etc/profile
+
 progress "copy userconfig and samples"
 
 if [ -d /usr/config ]; then
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/10_syslogd b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/10_syslogd
index 85a74140b8..23efb5a610 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/10_syslogd
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/10_syslogd
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
+. /etc/profile
+
 (
   progress "Starting Syslog daemon"
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/11_crond b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/11_crond
index acf62791df..986424479c 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/11_crond
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/11_crond
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
+. /etc/profile
+
 (
   progress "Starting cron daemon"
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/23_acpid b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/23_acpid
index b87d6bab94..9b84db423c 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/23_acpid
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/23_acpid
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
+. /etc/profile
+
 (
   progress "Starting ACPI daemon"
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index 94207b4a71..df6625e5a6 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
+. /etc/profile
+
 clear
 
 # starting init scripts for wanted runlevel