diff --git a/projects/logging/examples/logging.yml b/projects/logging/examples/logging.yml
index 4e5c87128..92a2ba1b8 100644
--- a/projects/logging/examples/logging.yml
+++ b/projects/logging/examples/logging.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ init:
   - linuxkit/runc:v0.4
   - linuxkit/containerd:27a4c84cc8fab2d5ea04342546ecd20453ec99b3
   - linuxkit/ca-certificates:v0.4
-  - linuxkit/memlogd:9b5834189f598f43c507f6938077113906f51012
+  - linuxkit/memlogd:4c16d6720075bcb2aeb298a8ee2d08d74aa20512
 onboot:
   - name: sysctl
     image: linuxkit/sysctl:v0.4
diff --git a/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/Dockerfile b/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/Dockerfile
index 1fab5f75b..bf6b45d82 100644
--- a/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/Dockerfile
@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
-FROM linuxkit/alpine:1b05307ae8152e3d38f79e297b0632697a30c65c AS mirror
-
-RUN mkdir -p /out/etc/apk && cp -r /etc/apk/* /out/etc/apk/
-RUN apk add --no-cache --initdb -p /out \
-    alpine-baselayout \
-    busybox \
-    e2fsprogs \
-    e2fsprogs-extra \
-    btrfs-progs \
-    xfsprogs \
-    xfsprogs-extra \
-    musl \
-    sfdisk \
-    util-linux \
-    && true
-RUN rm -rf /out/etc/apk /out/lib/apk /out/var/cache
-
 FROM linuxkit/alpine:1b05307ae8152e3d38f79e297b0632697a30c65c AS build
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache go musl-dev
@@ -29,8 +12,8 @@ FROM scratch
 ENTRYPOINT []
 CMD []
 WORKDIR /
-COPY --from=mirror /out/ /
 COPY --from=build /go/bin/memlogd usr/bin/memlogd
 COPY --from=build /go/bin/logread usr/bin/logread
 COPY --from=build /go/bin/logwrite usr/bin/logwrite
-CMD ["/usr/bin/memlogd"]
+# We'll start from init.d
+COPY etc/ /etc/
diff --git a/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/cmd/memlogd/main.go b/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/cmd/memlogd/main.go
index 0c4955815..4a3dae60e 100644
--- a/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/cmd/memlogd/main.go
+++ b/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/cmd/memlogd/main.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ func main() {
 	var passedLogFD int
 	var linesInBuffer int
 	var lineMaxLength int
+	var daemonize bool
 
 	flag.StringVar(&socketQueryPath, "socket-query", "/var/run/memlogdq.sock", "unix domain socket for responding to log queries. Overridden by -fd-query")
 	flag.StringVar(&socketLogPath, "socket-log", "/var/run/linuxkit-external-logging.sock", "unix domain socket to listen for new fds to add to log. Overridden by -fd-log")
@@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.IntVar(&passedQueryFD, "fd-query", -1, "an existing SOCK_STREAM for receiving log read requets. Overrides -socket-query.")
 	flag.IntVar(&linesInBuffer, "max-lines", 5000, "Number of log lines to keep in memory")
 	flag.IntVar(&lineMaxLength, "max-line-len", 1024, "Maximum line length recorded. Additional bytes are dropped.")
-
+	flag.BoolVar(&daemonize, "daemonize", false, "Bind sockets and then daemonize.")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	var connLogFd *net.UnixConn
@@ -302,6 +304,28 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer connQuery.Close()
 
+	if daemonize {
+		child := exec.Command(os.Args[0],
+			"-fd-log", "3", // connLogFd in ExtraFiles below
+			"-fd-query", "4", // connQuery in ExtraFiles below
+			"-max-lines", fmt.Sprintf("%d", linesInBuffer),
+			"-max-line-len", fmt.Sprintf("%d", lineMaxLength),
+		)
+		connLogFile, err := connLogFd.File()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("The -fd-log cannot be represented as a *File: %s", err)
+		}
+		connQueryFile, err := connQuery.File()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("The -fd-query cannot be represented as a *File: %s", err)
+		}
+		child.ExtraFiles = append(child.ExtraFiles, connLogFile, connQueryFile)
+		if err := child.Start(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed to re-exec: %s", err)
+		}
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	logCh := make(chan logEntry)
 	fdMsgChan := make(chan fdMessage)
 	queryMsgChan := make(chan queryMessage)
diff --git a/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/etc/init.d/002-logging b/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/etc/init.d/002-logging
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..50a53fd3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/logging/pkg/memlogd/etc/init.d/002-logging
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+/usr/bin/memlogd -daemonize