diff --git a/debian/rrdcached.init.d b/debian/rrdcached.init.d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rrdcached.init.d
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+#
+# rrdcached - start and stop the RRDtool data caching daemon
+# http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/
+#
+# Based on the collectd init script.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Florian Forster <octo@verplant.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Sebastian Harl <tokkee@debian.org>
+#
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: rrdcached
+# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Should-Start: $network
+# Should-Stop: $network
+# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
+# Short-Description: start the RRDtool data caching daemon
+### END INIT INFO
+
+set -e
+
+PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+
+DISABLE=0
+
+DESC="RRDtool data caching daemon"
+NAME=rrdcached
+DAEMON=/usr/bin/rrdcached
+
+PIDFILE=/var/run/rrdcached.pid
+
+MAXWAIT=30
+
+# Gracefully exit if the package has been removed.
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
+
+if [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ]; then
+ . /etc/default/$NAME
+fi
+
+if test "$DISABLE" != 0 -a "$1" == "start"; then
+ echo "$NAME has been disabled - see /etc/default/$NAME."
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+if test "$ENABLE_COREFILES" == 1; then
+ ulimit -c unlimited
+fi
+
+d_start() {
+ if test "$DISABLE" != 0; then
+ # we get here during restart
+ echo -n " - disabled by /etc/default/$NAME"
+ return 0
+ fi
+
+ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
+ --exec $DAEMON -- $OPTS -p "$PIDFILE"
+}
+
+still_running_warning="
+WARNING: $NAME might still be running.
+In large setups it might take some time to write all pending data to
+the disk. You can adjust the waiting time in /etc/default/$NAME."
+
+d_stop() {
+ PID=$( cat "$PIDFILE" 2> /dev/null ) || true
+
+ start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile "$PIDFILE"
+
+ sleep 1
+ if test -n "$PID" && kill -0 $PID 2> /dev/null; then
+ i=0
+ while kill -0 $PID 2> /dev/null; do
+ i=$(( $i + 2 ))
+ echo -n " ."
+
+ if test $i -gt $MAXWAIT; then
+ echo "$still_running_warning" >&2
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ sleep 2
+ done
+ return 0
+ fi
+}
+
+d_status() {
+ PID=$( cat "$PIDFILE" 2> /dev/null ) || true
+
+ if test -n "$PID" && kill -0 $PID 2> /dev/null; then
+ echo "$NAME ($PID) is running."
+ exit 0
+ else
+ PID=$( pidof $NAME ) || true
+
+ if test -n "$PID"; then
+ echo "$NAME ($PID) is running."
+ exit 0
+ else
+ echo "$NAME is stopped."
+ fi
+ fi
+ exit 1
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+ start)
+ echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
+ d_start
+ echo "."
+ ;;
+ stop)
+ echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
+ d_stop
+ echo "."
+ ;;
+ status)
+ d_status
+ ;;
+ restart|force-reload)
+ echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
+ d_stop
+ sleep 1
+ d_start
+ echo "."
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
+
+# vim: syntax=sh noexpandtab sw=4 ts=4 :
+