diff --git a/share/init.d/plinth b/share/init.d/plinth
index 46bc36933..e364fc123 100755
--- a/share/init.d/plinth
+++ b/share/init.d/plinth
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          plinth
+# Required-Start:    $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: plinth web frontend
+# Description:
+#
+### END INIT INFO
+
 # This file is /etc/init.d/plinth
 DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/plinth.py
 PID_FILE=/var/run/plinth.pid