diff --git a/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd b/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd
index 221776c246..ea8a3b2213 100644
--- a/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd
+++ b/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd
@@ -1,34 +1,19 @@
-#!/sbin/runscript
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
 # Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: $
 
-DOCKER_LOGFILE=${DOCKER_LOGFILE:-/var/log/${SVCNAME}.log}
-DOCKER_PIDFILE=${DOCKER_PIDFILE:-/run/${SVCNAME}.pid}
-DOCKER_BINARY=${DOCKER_BINARY:-/usr/bin/docker}
-DOCKER_OPTS=${DOCKER_OPTS:-}
+command="${DOCKER_BINARY:-/usr/bin/docker}"
+pidfile="${DOCKER_PIDFILE:-/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid}"
+command_args="daemon -p \"${pidfile}\" ${DOCKER_OPTS}"
+DOCKER_LOGFILE="${DOCKER_LOGFILE:-/var/log/${RC_SVCNAME}.log}"
+start_stop_daemon_args="--background \
+	--stderr \"${DOCKER_LOGFILE}\" --stdout \"${DOCKER_LOGFILE}\""
 
-start() {
+start_pre() {
 	checkpath -f -m 0644 -o root:docker "$DOCKER_LOGFILE"
 
 	ulimit -n 1048576
 	ulimit -u 1048576
 
-	ebegin "Starting docker daemon"
-	start-stop-daemon --start --background \
-		--exec "$DOCKER_BINARY" \
-		--pidfile "$DOCKER_PIDFILE" \
-		--stdout "$DOCKER_LOGFILE" \
-		--stderr "$DOCKER_LOGFILE" \
-		-- daemon -p "$DOCKER_PIDFILE" \
-		$DOCKER_OPTS
-	eend $?
-}
-
-stop() {
-	ebegin "Stopping docker daemon"
-	start-stop-daemon --stop \
-		--exec "$DOCKER_BINARY" \
-		--pidfile "$DOCKER_PIDFILE"
-	eend $?
+	return 0
 }