diff --git a/package/snowball-init/snowball-init.mk b/package/snowball-init/snowball-init.mk
index d71f34709..40acdd6a0 100644
--- a/package/snowball-init/snowball-init.mk
+++ b/package/snowball-init/snowball-init.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SNOWBALL_INIT_SITE = https://github.com/igloocommunity/snowball-init
 SNOWBALL_INIT_LICENSE = BSD-4c
 SNOWBALL_INIT_LICENSE_FILES = debian/copyright
 
-define SNOWBALL_INIT_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+define SNOWBALL_INIT_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/snowball $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S50snowball
 endef