diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d13b5027..51adee4a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ meson.add_install_script('tools/meson_runlevels.sh',
   os,
   get_option('newnet') ? 'yes' : 'no',
   rc_libexecdir,
-  get_option('sysconfdir'))
+  get_option('sysconfdir'),
+  get_option('sysvinit') ? 'yes' : 'no')
 meson.add_install_script('tools/meson_final.sh',
   rc_libexecdir,
   os)
diff --git a/scripts/meson_script_links.sh b/scripts/meson_script_links.sh
index dcb8f1d5..d49a433d 100755
--- a/scripts/meson_script_links.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson_script_links.sh
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ for f in $binaries; do
 			"${DESTDIR}${sbindir}/${f}"
 	fi
 done
+# sysvinit is active when halt exits
+if [ -x "${DESTDIR}${rc_libexecdir}/bin/halt"  ]; then
+	ln -snf "${DESTDIR}${sbindir}/openrc-init" \
+		"${DESTDIR}${sbindir}/init"
+fi
diff --git a/tools/meson_runlevels.sh b/tools/meson_runlevels.sh
index 7cf068a9..e5f5aeaa 100755
--- a/tools/meson_runlevels.sh
+++ b/tools/meson_runlevels.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ os="$1"
 net="$2"
 rc_libexecdir="$3"
 sysconfdir="$4"
+sysvinit="$5"
 
 init_d_dir="${sysconfdir}/init.d"
 leveldir="${sysconfdir}/runlevels"
@@ -90,5 +91,11 @@ if ! test -d "${DESTDIR}${shutdowndir}"; then
 		ln -snf "${init_d_dir}/$x" "${DESTDIR}${shutdowndir}/$x"
 	done
 fi
+if test "${sysvinit}" = yes && test "${os}" = Linux; then \
+	for x in tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6; do
+		ln -snf "${init_d_dir}/agetty" "${DESTDIR}/${init_d_dir}/agetty.$x"
+		ln -snf "${init_d_dir}/agetty.$x" "${DESTDIR}/${defaultdir}/agetty.$x"
+	done;
+fi
 
 ln -snf "${rc_libexecdir}"/sh/functions.sh "${DESTDIR}/${init_d_dir}"