diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/haveged/haveged_1.9.6.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/haveged/haveged_1.9.6.bb
index 0189e19..a2f0d07 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/haveged/haveged_1.9.6.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/haveged/haveged_1.9.6.bb
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
     # The exit status is 143 when the service is stopped
     if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
         sed -i '/ExecStart/a SuccessExitStatus=143' ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/haveged.service
+        # Hybrid systemd-sysvinit distros must install the initscript manually
+        if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+            install -d ${D}${INIT_D_DIR}
+            sed -e "s,@SBINDIR@,${sbindir},g" <${S}/init.d/sysv.redhat >${D}${INIT_D_DIR}/haveged
+            chmod 755 ${D}${INIT_D_DIR}/haveged
+        fi
     fi
 }