diff --git a/init.d/sysfs.in b/init.d/sysfs.in
index 37350edd..962fcfdb 100644
--- a/init.d/sysfs.in
+++ b/init.d/sysfs.in
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ mount_cgroups()
 	mount -t cgroup \
 		-o none,nodev,noexec,nosuid,name=openrc,release_agent="$agent" \
 		openrc /sys/fs/cgroup/openrc
+	echo 1 > /sys/fs/cgroup/openrc/notify_on_release
 	while read name hier groups enabled rest; do
 		case "${enabled}" in
 			1)	mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/${name}