diff --git a/init.d/sysfs.in b/init.d/sysfs.in
index 8809bda2..ac6934a4 100644
--- a/init.d/sysfs.in
+++ b/init.d/sysfs.in
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ mount_misc()
 	if [ -d /sys/fs/cgroup ] && ! mountinfo -q /sys/fs/cgroup; then
 		if grep -qs cgroup /proc/filesystems; then
 			ebegin "Mounting cgroup filesystem"
-			mount -n -t tmpfs -o  nodev,noexec,nosuid,mode=755 \
-				cgroup_root /sys/fs/cgroup
+			local opts="nodev,noexec,nosuid,mode=755,size=${rc_cgroupsize:-10m}"
+			mount -n -t tmpfs -o ${opts} cgroup_root /sys/fs/cgroup
 			eend $?
 		fi
 	fi