1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index 6ec811599..183739180 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -803,10 +803,16 @@ extern int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
         int status;
 
 #ifndef DEBUG_INIT
-        /* Expect to be PID 1 if we are run as init (not linuxrc) */
-        if (getpid() != 1 && strstr(argv[0], "init") != NULL) {
-                usage("init\n\nInit is the parent of all processes.\n\n"
-                          "This version of init is designed to be run only by the kernel\n");
+        /* Expect to be invoked as init with PID=1 or be invoked as linuxrc */
+        if (getpid() != 1
+#ifdef BB_FEATURE_LINUXRC
+                        && strstr(argv[0], "linuxrc") == NULL
+#endif
+                          )
+        {
+                        usage("init\n\nInit is the parent of all processes.\n\n"
+                                  "This version of init is designed to be run only "
+                                  "by the kernel.\n");
         }
         /* Set up sig handlers  -- be sure to
          * clear all of these in run() */