diff --git a/etc.Linux/Makefile b/etc.Linux/Makefile
index d120a085..ad04fec9 100644
--- a/etc.Linux/Makefile
+++ b/etc.Linux/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 DIR         = /etc
-CONF        = inittab
 CONF_APPEND = rc.conf
 
 TOPDIR = ..
diff --git a/support/sysvinit/README b/support/sysvinit/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a51c0d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/sysvinit/README
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Here's a sample inittab for use with sysvinit for Linux based systems.
+We don't install it by default as sysvinit packages normally own this file.
diff --git a/etc.Linux/inittab b/support/sysvinit/inittab
similarity index 100%
rename from etc.Linux/inittab
rename to support/sysvinit/inittab