diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index c4f478b5f..36cc6ae7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *) 2003-11-20 (2.0.0-rc2 - 2.0.0-rc3)
 
  - integrated rock-net (0.0.3)
+ - moved network.init script from iproute2 into sysfiles
 
 *) 2003-11-19 (2.0.0-rc2 - 2.0.0-rc3)
 
diff --git a/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.conf b/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.conf
index 088598620..1ec92b75e 100644
--- a/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.conf
+++ b/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.conf
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ ipr2_pm() {
 	cp -v $confdir/rocknet_iproute2.sh \
 		$root/etc/network/modules/iproute2.sh
 
-	install_init network $confdir/network.init
         install_init netfs $confdir/netfs.init
 
         $CC -O2 $confdir/ipnm2nwbc.c -o $root/sbin/ipnm2nwbc
diff --git a/package/base/iproute2/network.init b/package/base/sysfiles/network.init
similarity index 100%
rename from package/base/iproute2/network.init
rename to package/base/sysfiles/network.init
diff --git a/package/base/sysfiles/sysfiles.conf b/package/base/sysfiles/sysfiles.conf
index 8ba746367..2a56452d2 100644
--- a/package/base/sysfiles/sysfiles.conf
+++ b/package/base/sysfiles/sysfiles.conf
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ EOT
 	echo "Installing 'system' init script ..."
 	install_init system $confdir/system.init
 
+	echo "Installing 'network' init script ..."
+	install_init network $confdir/network.init
+
 	if [ $stagelevel -gt 1 ] ; then
 		echo "Running postsysfiles.in scripts ..."
 		for x in $base/misc/*/postsysfiles.in