diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8945e1952..1ebae7025 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ if(WITH_SCRIPTS)
   configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/etc/maxscale.service.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maxscale.service @ONLY)
   if(DEB_BASED)
     configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/etc/ubuntu/init.d/maxscale.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maxscale @ONLY)    
+  elseif(SLES_BASED)
+    configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/etc/sles/init.d/maxscale.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maxscale @ONLY)
   else()
     configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/etc/init.d/maxscale.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maxscale @ONLY)    
   endif()
diff --git a/cmake/macros.cmake b/cmake/macros.cmake
index 4c1a6efbe..d2d2d99ec 100644
--- a/cmake/macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros.cmake
@@ -65,13 +65,19 @@ macro(check_dirs)
       if(${DEB_FNC} MATCHES "DEB_FNC-NOTFOUND")
 	    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find required init-functions in /lib/lsb/ or /etc/rc.d/init.d/, please confirm that your system files are OK.")
       else()
-	    set(DEB_BASED TRUE CACHE BOOL "If init.d script uses /lib/lsb/init-functions instead of /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions.")
+	    find_file(SLES_FNC SuSE-release PATHS /etc)
+	    if(${SLES_FNC} MATCHES "SLES_FNC-NOTFOUND")
+	        set(DEB_BASED TRUE CACHE BOOL "If init.d script uses /lib/lsb/init-functions instead of /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions.")
+	    else()
+		set(SLES_BASED TRUE CACHE BOOL "SLES11 has reduced /lib/lsb/init-functions and needs a special init-script")
+	    endif()
       endif()
     else()
       set(DEB_BASED FALSE CACHE BOOL "If init.d script uses /lib/lsb/init-functions instead of /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions.")
     endif()
     unset(DEB_FNC)
     unset(RPM_FNC)
+    unset(SLES_FNC)
   endif()
 
   #Check RabbitMQ headers and libraries
diff --git a/etc/sles11/init.d/maxscale.in b/etc/sles11/init.d/maxscale.in
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..33e5f3515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/sles11/init.d/maxscale.in
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# maxscale:   The MariaDB Corporation MaxScale database proxy
+#
+# description:  MaxScale provides database specific proxy functionality
+#
+# processname: maxscale
+#
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: maxscale
+# Required-Start: $syslog $local_fs
+# Required-Stop: $syslog $local_fs
+# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
+# Short-Description: The maxscale database proxy
+# Description: MaxScale is a database proxy server that can be used to front end
+# database clusters offering different routing, filtering and protocol choices
+### END INIT INFO
+
+#############################################
+# MaxScale HOME, PIDFILE, LIB
+#############################################
+
+export MAXSCALE_PIDFILE=@MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/run/maxscale/maxscale.pid
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_LIBDIR@/maxscale
+
+###############################
+# LSB Exit codes (non-Status)
+###############################
+_RETVAL_GENERIC=1
+_RETVAL_NOT_INSTALLED=5
+_RETVAL_NOT_RUNNING=7
+
+###############################
+# LSB Status action Exit codes
+###############################
+_RETVAL_STATUS_OK=0
+_RETVAL_STATUS_NOT_RUNNING=3
+
+# Sanity checks.
+[ -x @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_BINDIR@/maxscale ] || exit $_RETVAL_NOT_INSTALLED
+
+# Source additional command line arguments.
+[ -f /etc/default/maxscale ] &&  . /etc/default/maxscale
+
+#################################
+# stop/start/status related vars
+#################################
+NAME=maxscale
+DAEMON=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_BINDIR@/maxscale
+DAEMON_OPTS="--user=maxscale $MAXSCALE_OPTIONS"
+
+# Source function library.
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+# we can rearrange this easily
+processname=maxscale
+servicename=maxscale
+
+RETVAL=0
+
+start() {
+
+    if [ ! -d @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/log/maxscale ]
+    then
+        mkdir -p @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/log/maxscale
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -d @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/cache/maxscale ]
+    then
+        mkdir -p @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/cache/maxscale
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -d @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/lib/maxscale ]
+    then
+        mkdir -p @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/lib/maxscale
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -d @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/run/maxscale ]
+    then
+        mkdir -p @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/run/maxscale
+    fi
+
+    chown -R maxscale:maxscale @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/log/maxscale
+    chown -R maxscale:maxscale @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/lib/maxscale
+    chown -R maxscale:maxscale @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/cache/maxscale
+    chown -R maxscale:maxscale @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/run/maxscale
+    chmod 0755 @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/log/maxscale
+    chmod 0755 @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/lib/maxscale
+    chmod 0755 @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/cache/maxscale
+    chmod 0755 @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/run/maxscale
+
+    ulimit -HSn 65535
+    echo -n "Starting MaxScale"
+    start_daemon -p "$MAXSCALE_PIDFILE" $DAEMON $DAEMON_OPTS 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
+
+    sleep 2
+    
+    checkproc $DAEMON
+    rc_status -v
+}
+
+stop() {
+        echo -n "Stopping MaxScale"
+
+        maxscale_wait_stop
+        rc_status -v
+}
+
+reload() {
+        echo -n "Reloading MaxScale"
+        
+        kill -HUP $(cat "$MAXSCALE_PIDFILE")
+        rc_status -v
+}
+
+maxscale_wait_stop() {
+        PIDTMP=$(pidofproc -p "$MAXSCALE_PIDFILE" "$DAEMON")
+        kill -TERM "${PIDTMP:-}" 2> /dev/null;
+        if [ -n "${PIDTMP:-}" ] && kill -0 "${PIDTMP:-}" 2> /dev/null; then
+                local i=0
+                while kill -0 "${PIDTMP:-}" 2> /dev/null;  do
+                        if [ $i = '60' ]; then
+                                break
+                                STATUS=2
+                        fi
+                        [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && echo -n "."
+                        sleep 1
+                        i=$(($i+1))
+                done
+                return $STATUS
+        else
+            return $STATUS
+        fi
+}
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+	start
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        stop
+        ;;
+    status)
+	# return 0 on success
+	# return 3 on any error
+	echo -n "Checking MaxScale"
+	checkproc $DAEMON
+	rc_status -v
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        stop
+        start
+        ;;
+    reload)
+	reload
+        RETVAL=$?
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|reload}"
+        ;;
+esac
+exit $RETVAL