diff --git a/init.d.BSD/hostid b/init.d.BSD/hostid
index 57fc6001..c4087512 100644
--- a/init.d.BSD/hostid
+++ b/init.d.BSD/hostid
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ depend()
 {
 	need root
 	before devd net
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 _set()
diff --git a/init.d.BSD/moused b/init.d.BSD/moused
index f168314d..85015684 100644
--- a/init.d.BSD/moused
+++ b/init.d.BSD/moused
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ depend()
 {
 	need localmount
 	after bootmisc
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d.BSD/pf b/init.d.BSD/pf
index bf2ac1a6..4a615ec7 100644
--- a/init.d.BSD/pf
+++ b/init.d.BSD/pf
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ extra_started_commands="reload"
 
 depend() {
 	need localmount
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d.BSD/savecore b/init.d.BSD/savecore
index 217c0817..3b9ffb29 100755
--- a/init.d.BSD/savecore
+++ b/init.d.BSD/savecore
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ description="Saves a kernel dump."
 
 depend()
 {
-	need localmount 
+	need localmount
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d.FreeBSD/clock b/init.d.FreeBSD/clock
index f26bef2a..6a8485c9 100644
--- a/init.d.FreeBSD/clock
+++ b/init.d.FreeBSD/clock
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ depend()
 	   [ "${clock}" != "UTC" -a ! -e /etc/wall_cmos_clock ]; then
 		need root
 	fi
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d.FreeBSD/devd b/init.d.FreeBSD/devd
index ff500bfa..76706b43 100644
--- a/init.d.FreeBSD/devd
+++ b/init.d.FreeBSD/devd
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ depend() {
 	need localmount
 	after bootmisc
 	before net.lo0
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start_pre() {
diff --git a/init.d.FreeBSD/dumpon b/init.d.FreeBSD/dumpon
index 9d40f915..fbe3d1c3 100644
--- a/init.d.FreeBSD/dumpon
+++ b/init.d.FreeBSD/dumpon
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ description="Configures a specific kernel dump device."
 
 depend() {
 	need swap
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start() {
diff --git a/init.d.FreeBSD/ipfw b/init.d.FreeBSD/ipfw
index c1c0cb35..5ef366b2 100644
--- a/init.d.FreeBSD/ipfw
+++ b/init.d.FreeBSD/ipfw
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ opts="panic showstatus"
 depend() {
 	before net
 	provide firewall
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 ipfw() {
diff --git a/init.d.FreeBSD/mixer b/init.d.FreeBSD/mixer
index 81341e9b..c169033c 100644
--- a/init.d.FreeBSD/mixer
+++ b/init.d.FreeBSD/mixer
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ extra_commands="restore"
 
 depend()
 {
-	need localmount 
+	need localmount
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 restore()
diff --git a/init.d.FreeBSD/powerd b/init.d.FreeBSD/powerd
index 3d3ae7f0..b44128e0 100644
--- a/init.d.FreeBSD/powerd
+++ b/init.d.FreeBSD/powerd
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ depend()
 	need localmount
 	use logger
 	after bootmisc
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start_pre()
diff --git a/init.d.FreeBSD/syscons b/init.d.FreeBSD/syscons
index 93d3c7c6..af76baba 100644
--- a/init.d.FreeBSD/syscons
+++ b/init.d.FreeBSD/syscons
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 depend() {
 	need localmount
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start() {
diff --git a/init.d/fsck b/init.d/fsck
index 3ee3b38b..4c184cf2 100644
--- a/init.d/fsck
+++ b/init.d/fsck
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description="Check and repair filesystems according to /etc/fstab"
 depend()
 {
 	after clock modules
-	keywords notimeout
+	keywords nojail notimeout
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/localmount b/init.d/localmount
index 5b8e849c..999fa076 100755
--- a/init.d/localmount
+++ b/init.d/localmount
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ depend()
 {
 	need fsck
 	use modules mtab
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/netmount b/init.d/netmount
index dd149a96..bb97d88a 100755
--- a/init.d/netmount
+++ b/init.d/netmount
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ depend()
 	config /etc/fstab
 	need net ${pmap}
 	use afc-client amd autofs dns nfs nfsmount portmap rpcbind rpc.statd
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/root b/init.d/root
index fa20ebd8..948826e5 100644
--- a/init.d/root
+++ b/init.d/root
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ description="Mount the root fs read/write"
 depend()
 {
 	need fsck
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/swap b/init.d/swap
index 53cf45c6..c11abb55 100644
--- a/init.d/swap
+++ b/init.d/swap
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 depend()
 {
 	need localmount
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/urandom b/init.d/urandom
index d02c66d0..bc1e7b7d 100755
--- a/init.d/urandom
+++ b/init.d/urandom
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ description="Initializes the random number generator."
 depend()
 {
 	need localmount
+	keywords nojail
 }
 
 save_seed()
diff --git a/man/runscript.8 b/man/runscript.8
index 738bb754..7a05c6d6 100644
--- a/man/runscript.8
+++ b/man/runscript.8
@@ -132,9 +132,14 @@ We provide this virtual service. For example, named provides dns.
 .It Ic config
 We should recalculate our dependencies if the listed files have changed.
 .It Ic keywords
-Tags a service with a keyword. Currently the only keyword is notimeout
-which means that services do not time out waiting for that service, which only
-applies when services are enabled to start and stop in parallel.
+Tags a service with a keyword. Here's the keywords we currently understand:-
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Dv nojail
+When in a jail, exclude this service from any dependencies. The service can
+still be run directly.
+.It Dv notimeout
+do not time out waiting for that service.
+.El
 .El
 .Pp
 To see how to influence dependencies in configuration files, see the
diff --git a/sh/net.sh b/sh/net.sh
index c7219086..7dc282fa 100755
--- a/sh/net.sh
+++ b/sh/net.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ depend()
 	need localmount
 	after bootmisc
 	provide net
+	keywords nojail
 
 	case "${IFACE}" in
 		lo|lo0);;
diff --git a/src/librc/librc-depend.c b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
index 59284344..c7c782c7 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc-depend.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
@@ -741,24 +741,23 @@ bool rc_deptree_update (void)
 	rc_deptype_t *dt;
 	rc_deptype_t *last_deptype = NULL;
 	char *line;
-	int len;
-	int i;
-	int j;
-	int k;
+	size_t len;
+	size_t i;
+	size_t j;
+	size_t k;
 	bool already_added;
+	const char *sys = rc_sys ();
 
 	/* Some init scripts need RC_LIBDIR to source stuff
 	   Ideally we should be setting our full env instead */
 	if (! getenv ("RC_LIBDIR"))
 		setenv ("RC_LIBDIR", RC_LIBDIR, 0);
 
-	/* Phase 1 */
+	/* Phase 1 - source all init scripts and print dependencies */
 	if (! (fp = popen (GENDEP, "r")))
 		return (false);
 
 	deptree = xzalloc (sizeof (*deptree));
-
-	/* Phase 2 */
 	while ((line = rc_getline (fp)))
 	{
 		depends = line;
@@ -865,6 +864,46 @@ next:
 	}
 	pclose (fp);
 
+	/* Phase 2 - if we're a special system, remove services that don't
+	 * work for them. This doesn't stop them from being run directly. */
+	if (sys) {
+		char *nosys;
+
+		len = strlen (sys);
+		nosys = xmalloc (len + 3);
+		nosys[0] = 'n';
+		nosys[1] = 'o';
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+			nosys[i + 2] = tolower (sys[i]);
+		nosys[i + 2] = '\0';
+
+		last_depinfo = NULL;
+		for (depinfo = deptree; depinfo; depinfo = depinfo->next)
+		{
+			bool removed = false;
+			if ((deptype = get_deptype (depinfo, "keywords"))) {
+				STRLIST_FOREACH (deptype->services, service, i)
+					if (strcmp (service, nosys) == 0) {
+						if (last_depinfo)
+							last_depinfo->next = depinfo->next;
+						else
+							deptree = depinfo->next;
+						removed = true;
+						break;
+					}
+			}
+			if (removed) {
+				for (di = deptree; di; di = di->next) {
+					for (dt = di->depends; dt; dt = dt->next)
+						rc_strlist_delete (&dt->services, depinfo->service);
+				}
+			} else
+				last_depinfo = depinfo;
+		}
+
+		free (nosys);
+	}
+
 	/* Phase 3 - add our providors to the tree */
 	for (depinfo = deptree; depinfo; depinfo = depinfo->next)
 	{
diff --git a/src/librc/librc.c b/src/librc/librc.c
index 75019eec..f323d0fd 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 const char librc_copyright[] = "Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Roy Marples";
 
 #include "librc.h"
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#endif
 #include <signal.h>
 
 #define SOFTLEVEL	RC_SVCDIR "/softlevel"
@@ -144,6 +147,36 @@ static bool rm_dir (const char *pathname, bool top)
 	return (true);
 }
 
+const char *rc_sys (void)
+{
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+	int jailed = 0;
+	size_t len = sizeof (jailed);
+
+	if (sysctlbyname ("security.jail.jailed", &jailed, &len, NULL, 0) == 0)
+		if (jailed == 1)
+			return (RC_SYS_JAIL);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+	if (exists ("/proc/xen")) {
+		if ((fp = fopen ("/proc/xen/capabilities", "r"))) {
+			fclose (fp);
+			if (file_regex ("/proc/xen/capabilities", "control_d"))
+				return (RC_SYS_XEN0);
+		}
+		if (! sys[0])
+			return (RC_SYS_XENU);
+	} else if (file_regex ("/proc/cpuinfo", "UML"))
+		return (RC_SYS_UML);
+	else if (file_regex ("/proc/self/status",
+			       "(s_context|VxID|envID):[[:space:]]*[1-9]"))
+		return (RC_SYS_VPS);
+#endif
+
+	return (NULL);
+}
+
 static const char *rc_parse_service_state (rc_service_state_t state)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/src/librc/librc.h b/src/librc/librc.h
index 7a5d9a0e..7e917e3a 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc.h
+++ b/src/librc/librc.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
diff --git a/src/librc/rc.h b/src/librc/rc.h
index 1f1a9a76..690b14f6 100644
--- a/src/librc/rc.h
+++ b/src/librc/rc.h
@@ -228,6 +228,16 @@ char **rc_services_scheduled (const char *service);
  * @return true if all daemons started are still running, otherwise false */
 bool rc_service_daemons_crashed (const char *service);
 
+/*! @name System types
+ * OpenRC can support some special sub system types, normally virtualization.
+ * Some services cannot work in these systems, or we do something else. */
+#define RC_SYS_JAIL    "JAIL"
+#define RC_SYS_UML     "UML"
+#define RC_SYS_VPS     "VPS"
+#define RC_SYS_XEN0    "XEN0"
+#define RC_SYS_XENU    "XENU"
+const char *rc_sys (void);
+
 /*! @name Dependency options
  * These options can change the services found by the rc_get_depinfo and
  * rc_get_depends functions. */
diff --git a/src/librc/rc.map b/src/librc/rc.map
index e60ea183..e5fd350b 100644
--- a/src/librc/rc.map
+++ b/src/librc/rc.map
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ global:
 	rc_strlist_free;
 	rc_strlist_join;
 	rc_strlist_reverse;
+	rc_sys;
 	rc_yesno;
 
 local:
diff --git a/src/rc/rc-misc.c b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
index e56f8006..1c340dd6 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-misc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
@@ -276,9 +276,7 @@ char **env_config (void)
 	char **env = NULL;
 	char *line;
 	size_t l;
-#ifdef __linux__
-	char sys[6];
-#endif
+	const char *sys = rc_sys ();
 	struct utsname uts;
 	FILE *fp;
 	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
@@ -323,29 +321,7 @@ char **env_config (void)
 	} else
 		rc_strlist_add (&env, "RC_DEFAULTLEVEL=" RC_LEVEL_DEFAULT);
 
-
-#ifdef __linux__
-	/* Linux can run some funky stuff like Xen, VServer, UML, etc
-	   We store this special system in RC_SYS so our scripts run fast */
-	memset (sys, 0, sizeof (sys));
-
-	if (exists ("/proc/xen")) {
-		if ((fp = fopen ("/proc/xen/capabilities", "r"))) {
-			fclose (fp);
-			if (file_regex ("/proc/xen/capabilities", "control_d"))
-				snprintf (sys, sizeof (sys), "XEN0");
-		}
-		if (! sys[0])
-			snprintf (sys, sizeof (sys), "XENU");
-	} else if (file_regex ("/proc/cpuinfo", "UML")) {
-		snprintf (sys, sizeof (sys), "UML");
-	} else if (file_regex ("/proc/self/status",
-			       "(s_context|VxID|envID):[[:space:]]*[1-9]"))
-	{
-		snprintf (sys, sizeof (sys), "VPS");
-	}
-
-	if (sys[0]) {
+	if (sys) {
 		l = strlen ("RC_SYS=") + strlen (sys) + 2;
 		line = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * l);
 		snprintf (line, l, "RC_SYS=%s", sys);
@@ -353,8 +329,6 @@ char **env_config (void)
 		free (line);
 	}
 
-#endif
-
 	/* Some scripts may need to take a different code path if Linux/FreeBSD, etc
 	   To save on calling uname, we store it in an environment variable */
 	if (uname (&uts) == 0) {