diff --git a/man/Makefile b/man/Makefile
index 3ad717dc..4110c8f7 100644
--- a/man/Makefile
+++ b/man/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ MAN3=		einfo.3 \
 		rc_config.3 rc_deptree.3 rc_find_pids.3 rc_plugin_hook.3 \
 		rc_runlevel.3 rc_service.3 rc_stringlist.3
 MAN8=		rc-service.8 rc-status.8 rc-update.8 rc.8 runscript.8 \
-		start-stop-daemon.8
+		service.8 start-stop-daemon.8
 
 # Handy macro to create symlinks
 # This does rely on correctly formatting our manpages!
diff --git a/man/service.8 b/man/service.8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd9dfa88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/service.8
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.so rc-service.8
diff --git a/src/rc/Makefile b/src/rc/Makefile
index dcd8e5a4..a2e638e8 100644
--- a/src/rc/Makefile
+++ b/src/rc/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SBINDIR=	${PREFIX}/sbin
 LINKDIR=	${LIBEXECDIR}
 
 BINLINKS=	rc-status
-SBINLINKS=	rc-service rc-update runscript start-stop-daemon
+SBINLINKS=	rc-service rc-update runscript service start-stop-daemon
 RC_BINLINKS=	einfon einfo ewarnn ewarn eerrorn eerror ebegin eend ewend \
 		eindent eoutdent esyslog eval_ecolors ewaitfile \
 		veinfo vewarn vebegin veend vewend veindent veoutdent \
diff --git a/src/rc/rc-applets.c b/src/rc/rc-applets.c
index 4481b083..64b6e888 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-applets.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-applets.c
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ static const struct {
 	{ "rc-service",          rc_service,        },
 	{ "rc-status",           rc_status,         },
 	{ "rc-update",           rc_update,         },
+	{ "service",             rc_service,        },
 	{ "update-rc",           rc_update,         },
 	A(runscript),
 	{ "start-stop-daemon",   start_stop_daemon, },