diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/bootdone b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/bootdone
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..14ca681cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/bootdone
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source /etc/init.d/panic
+
+# reset panic counter after a successful boot
+echo 0 > ${_PANIC_COUNTER_FILE}
+
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS
index 5f0d70cc09..22fa4ac98f 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ echo "---- booting $os_name $os_version ----" >> $tmp_boot_log
 
 # start all init scripts in /etc/init.d,
 # executing them in numerical order.
-(for i in /etc/init.d/S??*; do
+(for i in /etc/init.d/S??* /etc/init.d/bootdone; do
     [ ! -x "$i" ] && continue
     [ -f /data/etc/no_$(basename $i) ] && continue
     $i start || break