diff --git a/alpine/packages/hupper/etc/init.d/hupper b/alpine/packages/hupper/etc/init.d/hupper
index 72dd59cf7..20ea5fd75 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/hupper/etc/init.d/hupper
+++ b/alpine/packages/hupper/etc/init.d/hupper
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ description="docker config update manager"
 
 depend()
 {
-	need 9pinit docker
+	need 9pinit
+	after docker
 }
 
 start()