diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 924b8ec..4ab855d 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 default[:statsite][:timer_eps] = 0.01
 default[:statsite][:stream_command] = ""
 
-default[:statsite][:service_type] = "runit"
\ No newline at end of file
+default[:statsite][:service_type] = "runit"
+default[:statsite][:pid_file] = "/var/run/statsite/statsite.pid"
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 6c88fcb..72f10b0 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
   group  node[:statsite][:group]
 end
 
+# template
+template node[:statsite][:conf] do
+  owner node[:statsite][:owner]
+  notifies :restart, "service[statsite]", :delayed
+end
+
+
 # service
 service_type = node[:statsite][:service_type]
 
@@ -73,6 +80,26 @@
     supports :restart => true, :status => true
     action   [:enable, :start]
   end
+
+when 'init'
+  service_resource = 'service[statsite]'
+
+  template "/etc/init.d/statsite" do
+    source "init.statsite.erb"
+    mode "0755"
+    variables(
+      :conf    => node[:statsite][:conf],
+      :path    => node[:statsite][:path],
+      :user    => node[:statsite][:owner],
+      :group   => node[:statsite][:group],
+      :pidfile => node[:statsite][:pid_file]
+    )
+  end
+
+  service "statsite" do
+    action  [:enable, :start]
+  end
+
 else
   service_resource = 'runit_service[statsite]'
 
@@ -80,11 +107,3 @@
   runit_service  "statsite"
 end
 
-# template
-template node[:statsite][:conf] do
-  owner node[:statsite][:owner]
-  notifies :restart, "service[statsite]", :delayed
-end
-
-
-
diff --git a/templates/default/init.statsite.erb b/templates/default/init.statsite.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c25283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/init.statsite.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          statsite
+# Required-Start:    $network $named $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $network $named $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+### END INIT INFO
+
+
+SS_BIN="<%= @path %>/statsite"
+SS_USER="<%= @user %>"
+SS_GROUP="<%= @group %>"
+SS_PIDFILE="<%= @pidfile %>"
+SS_CONFIG="<%= @conf %>"
+NAME=${0}
+DESC="statsite"
+
+test -x ${SS_BIN} || exit 0
+
+[ -d /var/run/statsite ] || mkdir /var/run/statsite
+chown ${SS_USER}:${SS_GROUP} /var/run/statsite
+
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+        echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
+        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile ${SS_PIDFILE} --chuid ${SS_USER}:${SS_GROUP} \
+                --exec ${SS_BIN} -- -f ${SS_CONFIG}
+        echo "$NAME."
+        ;;
+  stop)
+        echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
+        start-stop-daemon --stop  --quiet --oknodo --pidfile ${SS_PIDFILE} \
+                --exec ${SS_BIN} 2>&1 > /dev/null
+        echo "$NAME."
+        ;;
+  status)
+        start-stop-daemon --status --quiet --pidfile ${SS_PIDFILE}
+        ;;
+  restart|force-reload)
+        $0 stop
+        sleep 2
+        $0 start
+        ;;
+  *)
+        N=/etc/init.d/${NAME}
+        echo "Usage: ${N} {start|stop|restart|status|force-reload}" >&2
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/templates/default/statsite.conf.erb b/templates/default/statsite.conf.erb
index 9b03285..0beb392 100644
--- a/templates/default/statsite.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/statsite.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 [statsite]
+<% if node[:statsite][:service_type] == 'init' -%>
+daemonize = 1
+pid_file = <%= node[:statsite][:pid_file] %>
+<% end -%>
 port = <%= node[:statsite][:port] %>
 udp_port = <%= node[:statsite][:port] %>
 log_level = <%= node[:statsite][:loglevel] %>