diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile b/alpine/Dockerfile
index 9e2ad2c8c..acd9ecb16 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ RUN \
   rc-update add hupper default && \
   rc-update add hv_fcopy_daemon default && \
   rc-update add hv_kvp_daemon default && \
-  rc-update add hv_vss_daemon default && \
-  ln -s /bin/busybox /init
+  rc-update add hv_vss_daemon default
+
+COPY init /
 
 CMD ["/bin/sh"]
diff --git a/alpine/init b/alpine/init
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..87297827f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/init
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+/bin/mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt
+
+/bin/cp -a / /mnt 2>/dev/null
+
+exec /sbin/switch_root /mnt /sbin/init
diff --git a/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker b/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
index 796502781..018ead4ca 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
+++ b/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ start()
 		rm -rf /var/tmp/log
 	fi
 
-	export DOCKER_RAMDISK="true"
-
 	command="${DOCKER_BINARY:-/usr/bin/docker}"
 
 	pidfile="/run/docker.pid"