diff --git a/package/sysvinit/inittab b/package/sysvinit/inittab
index 27eb4a6931..fad91eae8b 100644
--- a/package/sysvinit/inittab
+++ b/package/sysvinit/inittab
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ si2::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts
 si3::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/shm
 si4::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
 si5::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
-si6::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
+rcS:12345:wait:/etc/init.d/rcS
 
 # S0:1:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100 # GENERIC_SERIAL