diff --git a/package/busybox/inittab b/package/busybox/inittab
index 368b037ee2..7cd203de0b 100644
--- a/package/busybox/inittab
+++ b/package/busybox/inittab
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
 ::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts /dev/shm
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr
 ::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
 # now run any rc scripts
 ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS