diff --git a/package/busybox/inittab b/package/busybox/inittab
index 3f49f6bd7a..ef58c32f0d 100644
--- a/package/busybox/inittab
+++ b/package/busybox/inittab
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 ::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts
 ::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/shm
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr
 ::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
 # now run any rc scripts
 ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS