diff --git a/init.d.Linux/clock.in b/init.d.Linux/clock.in
index 88c61c79..0bb71980 100644
--- a/init.d.Linux/clock.in
+++ b/init.d.Linux/clock.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ depend()
 	else
 		before *
 	fi
-	keyword noprefix nouml novps noxenu
+	keyword noopenvz noprefix nouml novserver noxenu
 }
 
 setupopts()
diff --git a/init.d.Linux/consolefont.in b/init.d.Linux/consolefont.in
index 4244180b..384004d0 100644
--- a/init.d.Linux/consolefont.in
+++ b/init.d.Linux/consolefont.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ depend()
 	need localmount
 	need keymaps    # sets up terminal encoding scheme
 	after hotplug
-	keyword noprefix nouml novps noxenu
+	keyword noopenvz noprefix nouml novserver noxenu
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d.Linux/keymaps.in b/init.d.Linux/keymaps.in
index bb601c6e..2079e049 100644
--- a/init.d.Linux/keymaps.in
+++ b/init.d.Linux/keymaps.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dumpkeys_charset=${dumpkeys_charset:-${DUMPKEYS_CHARSET}}
 depend()
 {
 	need localmount
-	keyword noprefix nouml novps noxenu
+	keyword noopenvz noprefix nouml novserver noxenu
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d.Linux/modules.in b/init.d.Linux/modules.in
index 3f0e0dab..b09620df 100644
--- a/init.d.Linux/modules.in
+++ b/init.d.Linux/modules.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description="Loads a user defined list of kernel modules."
 depend()
 {
 	use isapnp
-	keyword noprefix novps
+	keyword noopenvz noprefix novserver
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d.Linux/numlock.in b/init.d.Linux/numlock.in
index fd23ede8..1a71367e 100644
--- a/init.d.Linux/numlock.in
+++ b/init.d.Linux/numlock.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ttyn=${rc_tty_number:-${RC_TTY_NUMBER}:-12}
 depend()
 {
 	need localmount
-	keyword noprefix
+	keyword noopenvz noprefix novserver
 }
 
 _setleds()
diff --git a/init.d.Linux/procfs.in b/init.d.Linux/procfs.in
index d286ca94..a30fd92c 100644
--- a/init.d.Linux/procfs.in
+++ b/init.d.Linux/procfs.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description="Mounts misc filesystems in /proc."
 depend()
 {
 	need localmount
-	keyword noprefix
+	keyword noopenvz noprefix novserver
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d.Linux/sysctl.in b/init.d.Linux/sysctl.in
index 19408ca1..ad6b2a92 100644
--- a/init.d.Linux/sysctl.in
+++ b/init.d.Linux/sysctl.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ depend()
 {
 	use hostname
 	before bootmisc logger
-	keyword noprefix novps
+	keyword noopenvz noprefix novserver
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/bootmisc.in b/init.d/bootmisc.in
index f98cf6b9..08f9cc57 100644
--- a/init.d/bootmisc.in
+++ b/init.d/bootmisc.in
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ start()
 	[ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && restorecon /tmp/.ICE-unix /tmp/.X11-unix
 
 	# Create an 'after-boot' dmesg log
-	if [ "${RC_SYS}" != "VPS" ]; then
+	if [ "${RC_SYS}" != "VSERVER" -a "${RC_SYS}" != "OPENVZ" ]; then
 		dmesg > /var/log/dmesg
 		chmod 640 /var/log/dmesg
 	fi
diff --git a/init.d/fsck.in b/init.d/fsck.in
index 61aa947a..967eee37 100644
--- a/init.d/fsck.in
+++ b/init.d/fsck.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ _ISF="
 depend()
 {
 	after clock modules
-	keyword nojail noprefix notimeout
+	keyword nojail noopenvz noprefix notimeout novserver
 }
 
 _abort() {
diff --git a/init.d/halt.sh.in b/init.d/halt.sh.in
index 39dd4f4f..dca6815c 100644
--- a/init.d/halt.sh.in
+++ b/init.d/halt.sh.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sync; sync
 # If we are in a VPS, we don't need anything below here, because
 #   1) we don't need (and by default can't) umount anything (VServer) or
 #   2) the host utils take care of all umounting stuff (OpenVZ)
-if [ "${RC_SYS}" = "VPS" ]; then
+if [ "${RC_SYS}" = "VSERVER" -o "${RC_SYS}" = "OPENVZ" ]; then
 	if [ -e /etc/init.d/"$1".sh ]; then
 		. /etc/init.d/"$1".sh
 	else
diff --git a/init.d/localmount.in b/init.d/localmount.in
index 4c7d5fd4..9d95a8a0 100644
--- a/init.d/localmount.in
+++ b/init.d/localmount.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ depend()
 {
 	need fsck
 	use modules mtab
-	keyword nojail noprefix
+	keyword nojail noopenvz noprefix novserver
 }
 
 start()
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ start()
 
 stop()
 {
-	# Don't unmount anything for VPS systems
-	[ "${RC_SYS}" = "VPS" ] && return 0
-
 	# We never unmount / or /dev or $RC_SVCDIR
 	local x= no_umounts="/|/dev|/dev/.*|${RC_SVCDIR}"
 
diff --git a/init.d/netmount.in b/init.d/netmount.in
index f136f45a..3219c83c 100644
--- a/init.d/netmount.in
+++ b/init.d/netmount.in
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ depend()
 	config /etc/fstab
 	need net ${pmap}
 	use afc-client amd autofs dns nfs nfsmount portmap rpcbind rpc.statd
-	keyword nojail noprefix
+	keyword nojail noopenvz noprefix novserver
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/root.in b/init.d/root.in
index da21db5c..c87b7f1b 100644
--- a/init.d/root.in
+++ b/init.d/root.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description="Mount the root fs read/write"
 depend()
 {
 	need fsck
-	keyword nojail noprefix
+	keyword nojail noopenvz noprefix novserver
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/swap.in b/init.d/swap.in
index 0404af1e..f64ddc59 100644
--- a/init.d/swap.in
+++ b/init.d/swap.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 depend()
 {
 	need localmount
-	keyword nojail noprefix
+	keyword nojail noopenvz noprefix novserver
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/man/runscript.8 b/man/runscript.8
index 79f957c6..1b9488f2 100644
--- a/man/runscript.8
+++ b/man/runscript.8
@@ -137,12 +137,14 @@ Tags a service with a keyword. Here's the keywords we currently understand:-
 .It Dv nojail
 When in a jail, exclude this service from any dependencies. The service can
 still be run directly.
+.It Dv noopenvz
+Same as nojail, but for OpenVZ systems.
 .It Dv notimeout
 Do not time out waiting for that service.
 .It Dv nouml
 Same as nojail, but for UML systems.
-.It Dv novps
-Same as nojail, but for VServer and OpenVZ systems.
+.It Dv novserver
+Same as nojail, but for VServer systems.
 .It Dv noxen0
 Same as nojail, but for Xen DOM0 systems.
 .It Dv noxenu
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ Boot runlevel chosen. Default is boot.
 Default runlevel chosen. Default is default.
 .It Va RC_SYS
 A special variable to describe the system more.
-Possible values are XENU, XEN0, UML and VPS.
+Possible values are OPENVZ, XENU, XEN0, UML and VSERVER.
 .It Va RC_UNAME
 The result of `uname -s`.
 .El
diff --git a/sh.Linux/init.sh.in b/sh.Linux/init.sh.in
index 90dbea82..190f8f17 100644
--- a/sh.Linux/init.sh.in
+++ b/sh.Linux/init.sh.in
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ mount_svcdir()
 # Set the console loglevel to 1 for a cleaner boot
 # the logger should anyhow dump the ring-0 buffer at start to the
 # logs, and that with dmesg can be used to check for problems
-if [ -n "${dmesg_level}" -a "${RC_SYS}" != "VPS" ]; then
+if [ -n "${dmesg_level}" -a "${RC_SYS}" != "VSERVER" ]; then
 	dmesg -n "${dmesg_level}"
 fi
 
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ if [ -r /sbin/livecd-functions.sh ]; then
 	livecd_read_commandline
 fi
 
-if [ "${RC_UNAME}" != "GNU/kFreeBSD" -a "${RC_SYS}" != "VPS" ]; then
+if [ "${RC_UNAME}" != "GNU/kFreeBSD" \
+	-a "${RC_SYS}" != "VSERVER" \
+	-a "${RC_SYS}" != "OPENVZ" ]
+then
 	if grep -Eq "[[:space:]]+sysfs$" /proc/filesystems; then
 		if [ -d /sys ]; then
 			if ! mountinfo --quiet /sys; then
@@ -128,7 +131,8 @@ fi
 
 # Try to figure out how the user wants /dev handled
 if [ "${rc_devices}" = "static" \
-	-o "${RC_SYS}" = "VPS" \
+	-o "${RC_SYS}" = "VSERVER" \
+	-o "${RC_SYS}" = "OPENVZ" \
 	-o "${RC_UNAME}" = "GNU/kFreeBSD" ]
 then
 	ebegin "Using existing device nodes in /dev"
diff --git a/sh/net.sh.in b/sh/net.sh.in
index 1fe52f19..1ad99983 100644
--- a/sh/net.sh.in
+++ b/sh/net.sh.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ depend()
 	need localmount
 	after bootmisc
 	provide net
-	keyword nojail noprefix
+	keyword nojail noprefix novserver
 
 	case "${IFACE}" in
 		lo|lo0);;
diff --git a/src/librc/librc.c b/src/librc/librc.c
index 16b0f0b7..c6280d15 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc.c
@@ -207,8 +207,11 @@ const char *rc_sys (void)
 	} 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);
+			       "(s_context|VxID):[[:space:]]*[1-9]"))
+		return (RC_SYS_VSERVER);
+	else if (file_regex ("/proc/self/status",
+			       "envID:[[:space:]]*[1-9]"))
+		return (RC_SYS_OPENVZ);
 #endif
 
 	return (NULL);
diff --git a/src/librc/rc.h b/src/librc/rc.h
index d2fde601..0b811f46 100644
--- a/src/librc/rc.h
+++ b/src/librc/rc.h
@@ -232,9 +232,10 @@ bool rc_service_daemons_crashed (const char *service);
  * 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_OPENVZ  "OPENVZ"
 #define RC_SYS_PREFIX  "PREFIX"
 #define RC_SYS_UML     "UML"
-#define RC_SYS_VPS     "VPS"
+#define RC_SYS_VSERVER "VSERVER"
 #define RC_SYS_XEN0    "XEN0"
 #define RC_SYS_XENU    "XENU"
 const char *rc_sys (void);
diff --git a/src/rc/rc.c b/src/rc/rc.c
index 183c23c3..e1b7ac3d 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc.c
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ static void sulogin (bool cont)
 #ifdef __linux__
 	char *e = getenv ("RC_SYS");
 
-	/* VPS systems cannot do a sulogin */
-	if (e && strcmp (e, "VPS") == 0) {
+	/* VSERVER and OPENVZ systems cannot do a sulogin */
+	if (e && (strcmp (e, "VSERVER") == 0 || strcmp (e, "OPENVZ") == 0) {
 		execl ("/sbin/halt", "/sbin/halt", "-f", (char *) NULL);
 		eerrorx ("%s: unable to exec `/sbin/halt': %s", applet, strerror (errno));
 	}