2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
index 9002fd6f43..f07354771a 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_DEFAULT ?= "ipv4 ipv6 libc-backtrace libc-big-macros libc-b
                                         libc-posix-wchar-io"
 DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC ?= "${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_DEFAULT}"
 DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_class-nativesdk = "${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_DEFAULT}"
-DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "alsa argp bluetooth ext2 irda largefile pcmcia usbgadget usbhost wifi xattr nfs zeroconf pci 3g x11 ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC}"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_INITMAN ?= "sysvinit"
+DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "alsa argp bluetooth ext2 irda largefile pcmcia usbgadget usbhost wifi xattr nfs zeroconf pci 3g x11 ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC} ${DISTRO_FEATURES_INITMAN}"
 
 IMAGE_FEATURES ?= ""
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bb
index 16ad4e3ef8..94e9e32f0b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ RCONFLICTS_${PN} = "task-core-boot"
 # Distro can override the following VIRTUAL-RUNTIME providers:
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dev_manager ?= "udev"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_login_manager ?= "tinylogin"
-VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager ?= "sysvinit"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager ?= "${DISTRO_FEATURES_INITMAN}"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts ?= "initscripts"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps ?= "keymaps"