diff --git a/base/sysfiles/etc_inittab.txt b/base/sysvinit/inittab.txt
similarity index 96%
rename from base/sysfiles/etc_inittab.txt
rename to base/sysvinit/inittab.txt
index 1217de546..6efb89b13 100644
--- a/base/sysfiles/etc_inittab.txt
+++ b/base/sysvinit/inittab.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
-# Filename: package/.../sysfiles/etc_inittab.txt
+# Filename: package/.../sysvinit/inittab.txt
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
diff --git a/base/sysvinit/sysvinit.conf b/base/sysvinit/sysvinit.conf
index 00c64124f..b4b2c83f3 100644
--- a/base/sysvinit/sysvinit.conf
+++ b/base/sysvinit/sysvinit.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../sysvinit/sysvinit.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ var_append makeinstopt ' ' "LCRYPT=-lcrypt LUTIL=-lutil ROOT=$root install"
 
 hook_add postmake 5 '$CC -Wall -O2 $confdir/rc.c -o $root/sbin/rc'
 
+hook_add postdoc 5 '[ -s $root/etc/inittab ] || cp -v $confdir/inittab.txt $root/etc/inittab'