diff --git a/init.d/adjkerntz.in b/init.d/adjkerntz.in
index 7f8b0076..ba373c14 100644
--- a/init.d/adjkerntz.in
+++ b/init.d/adjkerntz.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ fi
 
 depend()
 {
+	after swclock
 	provide clock
 	# BSD adjkerntz needs to be able to write to /etc
 	if [ "$clock" = "UTC" -a -e /etc/wall_cmos_clock ] ||
diff --git a/init.d/binfmt.in b/init.d/binfmt.in
index 4afb83be..67120eaf 100644
--- a/init.d/binfmt.in
+++ b/init.d/binfmt.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ description="Register misc binary format handlers"
 
 depend()
 {
-	after procfs
+	after clock procfs
 	use modules devfs
 	keyword -docker -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }
diff --git a/init.d/devdb.in b/init.d/devdb.in
index 3fdf5306..a6d38066 100644
--- a/init.d/devdb.in
+++ b/init.d/devdb.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ description="Creates the dev database"
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	need localmount
 }
 
diff --git a/init.d/dumpon.in b/init.d/dumpon.in
index 349276e3..8a72e69d 100644
--- a/init.d/dumpon.in
+++ b/init.d/dumpon.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 description="Configures a specific kernel dump device."
 
 depend() {
+	after clock
 	need swap
 	keyword -jail -prefix
 }
diff --git a/init.d/fsck.in b/init.d/fsck.in
index 7d12482f..7052d808 100644
--- a/init.d/fsck.in
+++ b/init.d/fsck.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ _IFS="
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	use dev clock modules
 	keyword -docker -jail -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -timeout -vserver -uml
 }
diff --git a/init.d/hostid.in b/init.d/hostid.in
index ec6f6979..107b7f5c 100644
--- a/init.d/hostid.in
+++ b/init.d/hostid.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ extra_commands="reset"
 depend()
 {
 	use root
+	after clock
 	before devd net
 	keyword -jail -prefix
 }
diff --git a/init.d/hostname.in b/init.d/hostname.in
index 253d338d..af01241b 100644
--- a/init.d/hostname.in
+++ b/init.d/hostname.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 description="Sets the hostname of the machine."
 
 depend() {
+	after clock
 	keyword -docker -lxc -prefix -systemd-nspawn
 }
 
diff --git a/init.d/hwclock.in b/init.d/hwclock.in
index 3bfcab1d..0fce88f1 100644
--- a/init.d/hwclock.in
+++ b/init.d/hwclock.in
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ depend()
 	want modules
 	if yesno $clock_adjfile; then
 		use root
-	else
-		before binfmt bootmisc fsck hostname keymaps localmount loopback mtab
-		before procfs root swap sysctl termencoding urandom
 	fi
 	keyword -docker -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -uml -vserver -xenu
 }
diff --git a/init.d/keymaps.in b/init.d/keymaps.in
index dbe054ae..2cc8a39f 100644
--- a/init.d/keymaps.in
+++ b/init.d/keymaps.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description="Applies a keymap for the consoles."
 depend()
 {
 	need localmount termencoding
-	after bootmisc
+	after bootmisc clock
 	keyword -docker -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -uml -vserver -xenu
 }
 
diff --git a/init.d/localmount.in b/init.d/localmount.in
index 9920dc9e..6785a0be 100644
--- a/init.d/localmount.in
+++ b/init.d/localmount.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ depend()
 {
 	need fsck
 	use lvm modules mtab root
-	after lvm modules root
+	after clock lvm modules root
 	keyword -docker -jail -lxc -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }
 
diff --git a/init.d/loopback.in b/init.d/loopback.in
index 706ea797..70faf2b8 100644
--- a/init.d/loopback.in
+++ b/init.d/loopback.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ description="Configures the loopback interface."
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	keyword -jail -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }
 
diff --git a/init.d/mtab.in b/init.d/mtab.in
index 99eb90d0..80ef275c 100644
--- a/init.d/mtab.in
+++ b/init.d/mtab.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ description="Update /etc/mtab to match what the kernel knows about"
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	need root
 	keyword -prefix -systemd-nspawn
 }
diff --git a/init.d/network.in b/init.d/network.in
index de31695f..56d3e7b3 100644
--- a/init.d/network.in
+++ b/init.d/network.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ __nl="
 depend()
 {
 	need localmount
-	after bootmisc
+	after bootmisc clock
 	if [ -n "$(interfaces)" ]; then
 		provide net
 	fi
diff --git a/init.d/newsyslog.in b/init.d/newsyslog.in
index da1b0ab5..bcfff862 100644
--- a/init.d/newsyslog.in
+++ b/init.d/newsyslog.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ required_files="/etc/newsyslog.conf"
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	need localmount
 	keyword -prefix
 }
diff --git a/init.d/procfs.in b/init.d/procfs.in
index 2abeb03a..343b30d1 100644
--- a/init.d/procfs.in
+++ b/init.d/procfs.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ description="Mounts misc filesystems in /proc."
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	use devfs
 	want modules
 	need localmount
diff --git a/init.d/root.in b/init.d/root.in
index ec22699d..9d053448 100644
--- a/init.d/root.in
+++ b/init.d/root.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ description="Mount the root fs read/write"
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	need fsck
 	keyword -docker -jail -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }
diff --git a/init.d/savecore.in b/init.d/savecore.in
index 8640fe54..b568d5ab 100644
--- a/init.d/savecore.in
+++ b/init.d/savecore.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ description="Saves a kernel dump."
 depend()
 {
 	need dumpon localmount
+	after clock
 	before encswap
 	keyword -jail -prefix
 }
diff --git a/init.d/staticroute.in b/init.d/staticroute.in
index 85f90597..d970b519 100644
--- a/init.d/staticroute.in
+++ b/init.d/staticroute.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!@SBINDIR@/openrc-run
+S#!@BINDIR@/openrc-run
 # Copyright (c) 2009-2015 The OpenRC Authors.
 # See the Authors file at the top-level directory of this distribution and
 # https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/master/AUTHORS
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 description="Configures static routes."
 __nl="
 "
-
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	provide net
 	use network
 	keyword -jail -prefix -vserver
diff --git a/init.d/swap-blk.in b/init.d/swap-blk.in
index 277cc88d..415cfaf6 100644
--- a/init.d/swap-blk.in
+++ b/init.d/swap-blk.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	before fsck
 	keyword -jail -prefix
 }
diff --git a/init.d/swap.in b/init.d/swap.in
index 63087e86..546cb5f5 100644
--- a/init.d/swap.in
+++ b/init.d/swap.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	before localmount
 	keyword -docker -jail -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }
diff --git a/init.d/swclock.in b/init.d/swclock.in
index 67baaab0..b5556eb5 100644
--- a/init.d/swclock.in
+++ b/init.d/swclock.in
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ description="Sets the local clock to the mtime of a given file."
 
 depend()
 {
-	before adjkerntz binfmt bootmisc devdb dumpon fsck hostid hostname keymaps
-	before localmount loopback modules mtab network newsyslog procfs root
-	before savecore staticroute swap swap-blk syscons sysctl syslogd
-	before termencoding ttys urandom wscons
 	provide clock
 	keyword -docker -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -uml -vserver -xenu
 }
diff --git a/init.d/syscons.in b/init.d/syscons.in
index c915762b..9fde54e9 100644
--- a/init.d/syscons.in
+++ b/init.d/syscons.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file.
 
 depend() {
+	after clock
 	need localmount
 	keyword -jail -prefix
 }
diff --git a/init.d/sysctl.in b/init.d/sysctl.in
index cb756f3a..ae9f17fe 100644
--- a/init.d/sysctl.in
+++ b/init.d/sysctl.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	before bootmisc logger
 	keyword -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }
diff --git a/init.d/syslogd.in b/init.d/syslogd.in
index 7ddde9a6..504b953b 100644
--- a/init.d/syslogd.in
+++ b/init.d/syslogd.in
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ depend()
 	provide logger
 	use net newsyslog
 	need localmount
-	after bootmisc
+	after bootmisc clock
 	keyword -prefix
 }
diff --git a/init.d/termencoding.in b/init.d/termencoding.in
index 9f33eb6c..86f5b588 100644
--- a/init.d/termencoding.in
+++ b/init.d/termencoding.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ depend()
 {
 	keyword -docker -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -uml -vserver -xenu
 	use root
-	after bootmisc
+	after bootmisc clock
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/ttys.in b/init.d/ttys.in
index db9a8f01..e32f3e69 100644
--- a/init.d/ttys.in
+++ b/init.d/ttys.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 depend()
 {
-	after fsck
+	after clock fsck
 	keyword -prefix
 }
 
diff --git a/init.d/urandom.in b/init.d/urandom.in
index 54706ac9..91b54f3a 100644
--- a/init.d/urandom.in
+++ b/init.d/urandom.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ description="Initializes the random number generator."
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	need localmount
 	keyword -docker -jail -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn
 }
diff --git a/init.d/wscons.in b/init.d/wscons.in
index cf5aee99..1f4acf01 100644
--- a/init.d/wscons.in
+++ b/init.d/wscons.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 depend()
 {
+	after clock
 	need localmount
 	keyword -prefix
 }