diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index ff2e4c770c..e504924540 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BUSYBOX_LDFLAGS = \
 
 # Packages that provide commands that may also be busybox applets:
 BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSVINIT),sysvinit) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_TAR),tar) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_TFTPD),tftpd) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_TRACEROUTE),traceroute) \
diff --git a/package/sysvinit/sysvinit.mk b/package/sysvinit/sysvinit.mk
index a606ddabf0..993e399e73 100644
--- a/package/sysvinit/sysvinit.mk
+++ b/package/sysvinit/sysvinit.mk
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ SYSVINIT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 SYSVINIT_MAKE_OPTS = SYSROOT=$(STAGING_DIR)
 
-# Override BusyBox implementations if BusyBox is enabled.
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
-SYSVINIT_DEPENDENCIES = busybox
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX),y)
 SYSVINIT_DEPENDENCIES += libselinux
 SYSVINIT_MAKE_OPTS += WITH_SELINUX="yes"