diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2e95193..8a45bf0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $(MAKEDIST_TARGET)-base: filesystem gzip texinfo ldconfig bash libreadline glibc
 # splashutils
 $(MAKEDIST_TARGET)-firmwares: ipw2100-firmware ipw2200-firmware zd1211-firmware radeon-firmware \
     rt2501-firmware rt2860-firmware rt2870-firmware r5u87x-firmware
-$(MAKEDIST_TARGET)-commontools: sysvinit util-linux module-init-tools \
+$(MAKEDIST_TARGET)-commontools: $(_init_system) util-linux module-init-tools \
     procps sed grep net-tools tar bzip2 unzip zip pciutils \
     pam shadow-common pwdutils acpid mingetty screen \
     net-tools prelink mc dhcpclient timezone nfs-utils \
diff --git a/Makefile.defs b/Makefile.defs
index ba2a399..38c9efd 100644
--- a/Makefile.defs
+++ b/Makefile.defs
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 # libc
 libpthread.so.0 = glibc
 
+# systemd/sysvinit
+_initsystem = sysvinit
+/sbin/halt = $(_initsystem)
+/sbin/init = $(_initsystem)
+/sbin/poweroff = $(_initsystem)
+/sbin/reboot = $(_initsystem)
+/sbin/runlevel = $(_initsystem)
+/sbin/shutdown = $(_initsystem)
+/sbin/telinit = $(_initsystem)
+
 ifeq ($(ARCH),i586)
 # kernel
 kernelnvidia = kernel-$(KERNEL_EXTRAVER)-nongpl-nvidia
@@ -157,7 +167,6 @@ perl[Automake__XFile] = automake
 /usr/bin/test = coreutils
 /sbin/nologin= util-linux
 /bin/login= util-linux
-/sbin/shutdown = sysvinit
 /usr/bin/chfn= pwdutils
 /usr/bin/chsh= pwdutils
 /usr/bin/newgrp= pwdutils