diff --git a/package/olsr/olsr.mk b/package/olsr/olsr.mk
index 1051d18b9..539386dbc 100644
--- a/package/olsr/olsr.mk
+++ b/package/olsr/olsr.mk
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ define OLSR_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 			LDCONFIG=/bin/true DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \
 			prefix="/usr" install ; \
 	done
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/olsr/S50olsr $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S50olsr
 	test -r $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/olsrd.conf || \
 		$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/files/olsrd.conf.default.lq $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/olsrd.conf
 endef
 
+define OLSR_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/olsr/S50olsr $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S50olsr
+endef
+
 $(eval $(generic-package))