diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile b/alpine/Dockerfile
index 0ad13ef7d..05034e880 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ COPY packages/docker/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/diagnostics/diagnostics /usr/bin/
 COPY packages/diagnostics/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/automount/etc /etc/
+COPY packages/9pinit/etc /etc/
 
 RUN \
   setup-timezone -z UTC && \
diff --git a/alpine/Makefile b/alpine/Makefile
index e613010e0..5cb05e3ce 100644
--- a/alpine/Makefile
+++ b/alpine/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ all:	initrd.img
 
 ETCFILES=etc/issue etc/motd etc/inittab etc/network/interfaces
 ETCFILES+=etc/hostname- etc/resolv.conf- etc/hosts-
-ETCFILES+=etc/init.d/9pinit
 ETCFILES+=etc/securetty
 
 kernel/aufs-utils.tar:
diff --git a/alpine/etc/init.d/9pinit b/alpine/packages/9pinit/etc/init.d/9pinit
similarity index 100%
rename from alpine/etc/init.d/9pinit
rename to alpine/packages/9pinit/etc/init.d/9pinit