diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init/init b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init/init
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: weston
+# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+### END INIT INFO
+
+if test -e /etc/default/weston ; then
+        . /etc/default/weston
+fi
+
+killproc() {
+        pid=`/bin/pidof $1`
+        [ "$pid" != "" ] && kill $pid
+}
+
+read CMDLINE < /proc/cmdline
+for x in $CMDLINE; do
+        case $x in
+        weston=false)
+		echo "Weston disabled"
+		exit 0;
+                ;;
+        esac
+done
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+        . /etc/profile
+
+        # This is all a nasty hack
+        if test -z "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"; then
+                export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/root
+                mkdir --parents $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
+                chmod 0700 $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
+        fi
+
+        openvt -s weston -- $OPTARGS
+  ;;
+
+  stop)
+        echo "Stopping Weston"
+        killproc weston
+  ;;
+
+  restart)
+	$0 stop
+        sleep 1
+        $0 start
+  ;;
+
+  *)
+        echo "usage: $0 { start | stop | restart }"
+  ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0