diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index b747a53e88..988e3a7f89 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 /usr/bin/busybox mkdir -p /flash
 /usr/bin/busybox mkdir -p /sysroot
 /usr/bin/busybox mkdir -p /storage
+/usr/bin/busybox mkdir -p /run
 
 # temp mountpoint for updates
 /usr/bin/busybox mkdir -p /update
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@
 /usr/bin/busybox mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev
 /usr/bin/busybox mount -t proc proc /proc
 /usr/bin/busybox mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
+# /run options have to match what systemd uses by default
+/usr/bin/busybox mount -t tmpfs -o mode=755,size=20%,nr_inodes=800k,nosuid,nodev,strictatime tmpfs /run
 
 UPDATE_ROOT=/storage/.update
 UPDATE_DIR="$UPDATE_ROOT"