diff --git a/mt-st.spec b/mt-st.spec
index 8a3a5e3..5df5850 100644
--- a/mt-st.spec
+++ b/mt-st.spec
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 Summary: Install mt-st if you need a tool to control tape drives
 Name: mt-st
 Version: 0.9b
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Group: Applications/System
-Source: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/backup/mt-st-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/backup/mt-st-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1: stinit.init
 Patch0: mt-st-0.8-redhat.patch
 Patch1: mt-st-0.7-SDLT.patch
 Patch2: mt-st-0.7-config-files.patch
 Patch3: mt-st-0.9b-manfix.patch
 Patch4: mt-st-0.9b-mtio.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+Requires(post): /sbin/chkconfig
+Requires(preun): /sbin/chkconfig
 
 %description
 The mt-st package contains the mt and st tape drive management
@@ -33,18 +36,31 @@ make CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 %install
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 make install mandir=%{_mandir}
+install -D -p -m 0755 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/stinit
 
 %clean
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 
+%post
+/sbin/chkconfig --add stinit
+
+%preun
+if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
+    /sbin/chkconfig --del stinit
+fi
+
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING README README.stinit mt-st-0.* stinit.def.examples
 /bin/mt
 /sbin/stinit
 %{_mandir}/man[18]/*
+%config %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/stinit
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 26 2008 Radek Brich <rbrich@redhat.com> - 0.9b-6
+- add init script to call /sbin/stinit (#249665)
+
 * Tue Feb 19 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9b-5
 - Autorebuild for GCC 4.3
 
diff --git a/stinit.init b/stinit.init
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4c57e38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stinit.init
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# stinit	This calls /sbin/stinit if /etc/stinit.def exists
+# 
+# chkconfig: 2345 40 99
+# description: calls stinit if /etc/stinit.def exists
+
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	[ -f /etc/stinit.def ] && /sbin/stinit
+        ;;
+  stop)
+	;;
+  *)
+        echo $"Usage: $0 {start}"
+        exit 1
+esac
+exit 0