diff --git a/package/openrc/getty b/package/openrc/getty
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8fcb071f8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/openrc/getty
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# based on agetty service from OpenRC package
+
+description="start getty on terminal"
+supervisor=supervise-daemon
+port="${RC_SVCNAME#*.}"
+term_type="${term_type:-linux}"
+command=/sbin/getty
+command_args_foreground="${getty_options} ${baud} ${port} ${term_type}"
+pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
+
+depend() {
+	# start getty at the very end of init
+	after *
+	keyword -prefix
+}
+
+start_pre() {
+	export EINFO_QUIET="${quiet:-yes}"
+}
+
+stop_pre() {
+	export EINFO_QUIET="${quiet:-yes}"
+}
diff --git a/package/openrc/openrc.mk b/package/openrc/openrc.mk
index 53f2947dcc..5978b6de5d 100644
--- a/package/openrc/openrc.mk
+++ b/package/openrc/openrc.mk
@@ -42,4 +42,22 @@ define OPENRC_REMOVE_UNNEEDED
 endef
 OPENRC_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += OPENRC_REMOVE_UNNEEDED
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY),y)
+OPENRC_GETTY_SVCNAME = getty.$(SYSTEM_GETTY_PORT)
+OPENRC_GETTY_CONF_D = $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/conf.d/$(OPENRC_GETTY_SVCNAME)
+define OPENRC_SET_GETTY
+	{ \
+		echo "baud=\"$(SYSTEM_GETTY_BAUDRATE)\""; \
+		echo "term_type=\"$(SYSTEM_GETTY_TERM)\"" ; \
+		echo "getty_options=\"-L $(SYSTEM_GETTY_OPTIONS)\""; \
+	} > $(OPENRC_GETTY_CONF_D)
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(OPENRC_PKGDIR)/getty \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/getty
+	ln -sf getty $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/$(OPENRC_GETTY_SVCNAME)
+	ln -sf /etc/init.d/$(OPENRC_GETTY_SVCNAME) \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/runlevels/default/$(OPENRC_GETTY_SVCNAME)
+endef
+OPENRC_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += OPENRC_SET_GETTY
+endif # BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY
+
 $(eval $(generic-package))
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton/etc/conf.d/.empty b/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton/etc/conf.d/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton/etc/runlevels/default/.empty b/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton/etc/runlevels/default/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/system/Config.in b/system/Config.in
index af7d8566d3..1bfe069b2e 100644
--- a/system/Config.in
+++ b/system/Config.in
@@ -348,16 +348,16 @@ config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_BAUDRATE
 config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM
 	string "TERM environment variable"
 	default "vt100"
-	# currently observed only by busybox and sysvinit
-	depends on BR2_INIT_BUSYBOX || BR2_INIT_SYSV
+	# currently observed by all but systemd
+	depends on !BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	help
 	  Specify a TERM type.
 
 config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_OPTIONS
 	string "other options to pass to getty"
 	default ""
-	# currently observed only by busybox and sysvinit
-	depends on BR2_INIT_BUSYBOX || BR2_INIT_SYSV
+	# currently observed by all but systemd
+	depends on !BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	help
 	  Any other flags you want to pass to getty,
 	  Refer to getty --help for details.