diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-system-busybox/template b/srcpkgs/base-system-busybox/template
index 9d70febad7b..db4eeffc37c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-system-busybox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-system-busybox/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Build template for 'base-system-busybox'.
 pkgname=base-system-busybox
 version=1.22.1
-revision=10
+revision=11
 wrksrc="busybox-${version}"
 homepage="http://www.busybox.net"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${homepage}/downloads/busybox-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=ae0b029d0a9e4dd71a077a790840e496dd838998e4571b87b60fed7462b6678b
 
+conflicts="base-system>=0"
+
 # Applets provided by this busybox version.
 # Keep this list updated with ${FILESDIR}/dotconfig.
 #
@@ -46,4 +48,6 @@ do_install() {
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/udhcpc-default.script \
 		755 usr/share/udhcpc default.script
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/{,s}bin
+	# Provide /sbin/init symlink to runit.
+	ln -s /usr/bin/runit-init ${DESTDIR}/usr/sbin/init
 }