diff --git a/maxscale.spec b/maxscale.spec
index 7d7b8634d..c3f72315e 100644
--- a/maxscale.spec
+++ b/maxscale.spec
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ ln -s /lib64/libaio.so.1 /lib64/libaio.so
 
 %install
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/ld.so.conf.d/
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{install_path}
 cp -r binaries/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{install_path}
 cp maxscale.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/ld.so.conf.d/
+cp -r etc/init.d/maxscale $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/
 
 %clean
 
@@ -49,5 +51,6 @@ cp maxscale.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/ld.so.conf.d/
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{install_path}
 /etc/ld.so.conf.d/maxscale.conf
+/etc/inid.d/maxscale
 
 %changelog