diff --git a/init.d/Makefile b/init.d/Makefile
index 8351f3c5..863864f2 100644
--- a/init.d/Makefile
+++ b/init.d/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DIR=	${INITDIR}
 SRCS=	bootmisc.in fsck.in hostname.in local.in localmount.in netmount.in \
-	network.in root.in savecache.in staticroute.in swap.in swclock.in \
-	sysctl.in urandom.in ${SRCS-${OS}}
+	network.in root.in savecache.in staticroute.in swap.in swapfiles.in \
+	swclock.in sysctl.in urandom.in ${SRCS-${OS}}
 BIN=	${OBJS}
 
 INSTALLAFTER=	_installafter_net.lo
diff --git a/init.d/swap.in b/init.d/swap.in
index bd20ffec..bdc5dc71 100644
--- a/init.d/swap.in
+++ b/init.d/swap.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 depend()
 {
-	need localmount
+	before localmount
 	keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -vserver -lxc
 }
 
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ start()
 {
 	ebegin "Activating swap devices"
 	case "$RC_UNAME" in
+		Linux)
+			local dev
+			for dev in $(fstabinfo -b -t swap); do
+				case "$dev" in
+					/dev/loop*) ;;
+					*) swapon $dev 2>/dev/null;;
+				esac
+			done
+			;;
 		NetBSD|OpenBSD) swapctl -A -t noblk >/dev/null;;
 		*)		swapon -a >/dev/null;;
 	esac
diff --git a/init.d/swapfiles.in b/init.d/swapfiles.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f46f3c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.d/swapfiles.in
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!@PREFIX@/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
+# Released under the 2-clause BSD license.
+
+depend()
+{
+	need localmount
+	keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -vserver -lxc
+}
+
+start()
+{
+	ebegin "Activating additional swap space"
+	case "$RC_UNAME" in
+		NetBSD|OpenBSD) swapctl -A -t noblk >/dev/null;;
+		*)		swapon -a >/dev/null;;
+	esac
+	eend 0 # If swapon has nothing todo it errors, so always return 0
+}
+
+stop()
+{
+	ebegin "Deactivating additional swap space"
+
+	# Try to unmount all tmpfs filesystems not in use, else a deadlock may
+	# occur. As $RC_SVCDIR may also be tmpfs we cd to it to lock it
+	# fixme: Do we need this here since we are only unmounting swap files
+	# and loopback swap?
+	cd "$RC_SVCDIR"
+	umount -a -t tmpfs 2>/dev/null
+
+	case "$RC_UNAME" in
+		Linux)
+			while read filename type rest; do
+				case "$type" in
+					file) swapoff $filename >/dev/null;;
+				esac
+				case "$filename" in
+					/dev/loop*) swapoff $filename >/dev/null;;
+				esac
+			done < /proc/swaps
+			;;
+	esac
+	eend 0
+}
diff --git a/runlevels/Makefile b/runlevels/Makefile
index c1a9f096..1573572e 100644
--- a/runlevels/Makefile
+++ b/runlevels/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 BOOT=		bootmisc fsck hostname localmount \
-		root swap sysctl urandom ${BOOT-${OS}}
+		root swap swapfiles sysctl urandom ${BOOT-${OS}}
 DEFAULT=	local netmount
 SHUTDOWN=	savecache ${SHUTDOWN-${OS}}
 SYSINIT=	${SYSINIT-${OS}}