diff --git a/recipes/sysvinit/Makefile b/recipes/sysvinit/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/sysvinit/Makefile
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+name = sysvinit
+version = 2.99
+URL = https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/sysvinit.git/snapshot/sysvinit-$(version).tar.gz
+dependencies = util-linux
+
+fake_root_install_backend = fake_root_install_custom
+fake_root_install_custom:
+	cd $(bdir) && make ROOT='$(pkg_fake_root_dir)' install
+
+
+SYSCONF ?= ../../
+include $(SYSCONF)/package.mk