diff --git a/keepalived.init b/keepalived.init
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eaf93bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keepalived.init
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Startup script for the Keepalived daemon
+# chkconfig: - 21 79
+# description: HA monitor built upon LVS, VRRP and service pollers
+# processname: keepalived
+# config: /etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf
+# config: /etc/sysconfig/keepalived
+# pidfile: /var/run/keepalived.pid
+#
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: keepalived
+# Required-Start: $local_fs $network $named
+# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network
+# Short-Description: HA monitor built upon LVS, VRRP and service pollers
+# Description: Robust keepalive facility to the Linux Virtual Server project
+#  with multilayer TCP/IP stack checks.
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Source function library
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+# Source configuration file (we set KEEPALIVED_OPTIONS there)
+. /etc/sysconfig/keepalived
+
+RETVAL=0
+
+prog="keepalived"
+
+start() {
+    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+    daemon keepalived ${KEEPALIVED_OPTIONS}
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$prog
+}
+
+stop() {
+    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
+    killproc keepalived
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog
+}
+
+reload() {
+    echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
+    killproc keepalived -1
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+}
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        start
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        stop
+        ;;
+    reload|force-reload)
+        reload
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        stop
+        start
+        ;;
+    condrestart|try-restart)
+        if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog ]; then
+            stop
+            start
+        else
+            echo $"Service $prog not running."
+            exit 7
+        fi
+        ;;
+    status)
+        status keepalived
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|try-restart|status}"
+        exit 3
+esac
+
+exit $RETVAL
diff --git a/keepalived.spec b/keepalived.spec
index 2a6ef7b..8e95a6a 100644
--- a/keepalived.spec
+++ b/keepalived.spec
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 Summary: HA monitor built upon LVS, VRRP and service pollers
 Name: keepalived
 Version: 1.1.15
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: Applications/System
 URL: http://www.keepalived.org/
-Source: http://www.keepalived.org/software/keepalived-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0: http://www.keepalived.org/software/keepalived-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1: keepalived.init
 Patch0: keepalived-1.1.14-installmodes.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 Requires(post): /sbin/chkconfig
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ KERNELDIR=$(ls -1d /lib/modules/%{kernel}*/build | head -1)
 %{__make} install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 # Remove "samples", as we include them in %%doc
 %{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/keepalived/samples/
+# Overwrite the init script with our (mostly) LSB compliant one
+%{__install} -p -m 0755 %{SOURCE1} \
+    %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/keepalived
 
 
 %check
@@ -102,6 +106,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 22 2008 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 1.1.15-6
+- Fork the init script to be (mostly for now) LSB compliant (#246966).
+
 * Thu Apr 24 2008 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 1.1.15-5
 - Add glob to the kerneldir location, since it contains the arch for F9+.
 
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ fi
 - Autorebuild for GCC 4.3
 
 * Wed Dec 05 2007 Release Engineering <rel-eng at fedoraproject dot org>
- - Rebuild for deps
+- Rebuild for deps
 
 * Mon Oct 22 2007 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 1.1.15-2
 - Update to latest upstream sources, identical except for the included spec.