diff --git a/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-containers/cgroup-lite/cgroup-lite_1.1.bb b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-containers/cgroup-lite/cgroup-lite_1.1.bb
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+++ b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-containers/cgroup-lite/cgroup-lite_1.1.bb
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+SECTION = "devel"
+SUMMARY = "Light-weight package to set up cgroups at system boot."
+DESCRIPTION =  "Light-weight package to set up cgroups at system boot."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/precise/cgroup-lite"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://debian/copyright;md5=5d5da4e0867cf06014f87102154d0102"
+SRC_URI = "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/cgroup-lite/cgroup-lite_1.1.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI += "file://cgroups-init"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "041a0d8ad2b192271a2e5507fdb6809f"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e7f9992b90b5b4634f3b8fb42580ff28ff31093edb297ab872c37f61a94586bc"
+
+inherit update-rc.d
+
+INITSCRIPT_NAME = "cgroups-init"
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "start 8 2 3 4 5 . stop 20 0 1 6 ."
+do_install() {
+	install -d ${D}/bin
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
+	install -m 0755 ${S}/scripts/cgroups-mount ${D}/bin
+	install -m 0755 ${S}/scripts/cgroups-umount ${D}/bin
+	install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/cgroups-init ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/cgroups-init
+}
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-containers/cgroup-lite/files/cgroups-init b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-containers/cgroup-lite/files/cgroups-init
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+#!/bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          cgroups mount
+# Required-Start:    $network $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop:     $network $remote_fs
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: mount/unmount cgroups
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# must start before libvirtd is run
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+        echo -n "Mounting cgroups..."
+		/bin/cgroups-mount
+        echo "Done"
+        ;;
+  stop)
+        echo -n "Unmounting cgroups..."
+		/bin/cgroups-umount
+        echo "Done"
+        ;;
+  *)
+        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/cgroups-init {start|stop}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac