diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ee19d377..4d51f1e0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   26 Jun 2007; Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>:
 
     --nocolor works again, #181011 thanks to Daniel Drake.
+    Change pwd to / for all init scripts, #181224.
 
   21 Jun 2007; Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>:
 
diff --git a/src/runscript.c b/src/runscript.c
index 50a1931e..18ee1ddd 100644
--- a/src/runscript.c
+++ b/src/runscript.c
@@ -977,6 +977,9 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 	service = argv[1];
 	applet = rc_xstrdup (basename (service));
 	atexit (cleanup);
+
+	/* Change dir to / to ensure all init scripts don't use stuff in pwd */
+	chdir ("/");
 	
 	/* Show help if insufficient args */
 	if (argc < 3) {