diff --git a/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.init b/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.init
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6c31aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.init
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# If /dev/log is either a named pipe or it was placed there accidentally,
+# e.g. because of the issue documented at https://github.com/phusion/baseimage-docker/pull/25,
+# then we remove it.
+if [ ! -S /dev/log ]; then rm -f /dev/log; fi
+if [ ! -S /var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.ctl ]; then rm -f /var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.ctl; fi
+
+/etc/init.d/syslog-ng start
diff --git a/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.runit b/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.runit
deleted file mode 100755
index 7045d26..0000000
--- a/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.runit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-# If /dev/log is either a named pipe or it was placed there accidentally,
-# e.g. because of the issue documented at https://github.com/phusion/baseimage-docker/pull/25,
-# then we remove it.
-if [ ! -S /dev/log ]; then rm -f /dev/log; fi
-if [ ! -S /var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.ctl ]; then rm -f /var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.ctl; fi
-
-SYSLOGNG_OPTS=""
-
-[ -r /etc/default/syslog-ng ] && . /etc/default/syslog-ng
-
-case "x$CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL" in
-  x[1-8])
-    dmesg -n $CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL
-    ;;
-  x)
-    ;;
-  *)
-    echo "CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL is of unaccepted value."
-    ;;
-esac
-
-if [ ! -e /dev/xconsole ]
-then
-  mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p
-  chown root:adm /dev/xconsole
-  [ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && /sbin/restorecon $XCONSOLE
-fi
-
-exec syslog-ng -F -p /var/run/syslog-ng.pid $SYSLOGNG_OPTS
diff --git a/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.sh b/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.sh
index 2b0be4a..db48fde 100755
--- a/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.sh
+++ b/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ SYSLOG_NG_BUILD_PATH=/bd_build/services/syslog-ng
 
 ## Install a syslog daemon.
 $minimal_apt_get_install syslog-ng-core
-mkdir /etc/service/syslog-ng
-cp $SYSLOG_NG_BUILD_PATH/syslog-ng.runit /etc/service/syslog-ng/run
+cp $SYSLOG_NG_BUILD_PATH/syslog-ng.init /etc/my_init.d/syslog-ng.init
+cp $SYSLOG_NG_BUILD_PATH/syslog-ng.shutdown /etc/my_init.post_shutdown.d/syslog-ng.shutdown
 mkdir -p /var/lib/syslog-ng
 cp $SYSLOG_NG_BUILD_PATH/syslog_ng_default /etc/default/syslog-ng
 touch /var/log/syslog
diff --git a/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.shutdown b/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.shutdown
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7f0324e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/services/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.shutdown
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+/etc/init.d/syslog-ng stop