diff --git a/package/apache/S50apache b/package/apache/S50apache
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..623a7eef3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/apache/S50apache
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+case "$1" in
+  start|restart|graceful|graceful-stop|stop)
+	apachectl -k $1
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo "Usage: $0 {start|restart|graceful|graceful-stop|stop}"
+	exit 1
+esac
+
+exit $?
diff --git a/package/apache/apache.mk b/package/apache/apache.mk
index 23414fe44d..f4c522916e 100644
--- a/package/apache/apache.mk
+++ b/package/apache/apache.mk
@@ -92,4 +92,9 @@ define APACHE_CLEANUP_TARGET
 endef
 APACHE_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += APACHE_CLEANUP_TARGET
 
+define APACHE_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/apache/S50apache \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S50apache
+endef
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))