diff --git a/man/Makefile b/man/Makefile
index 436f647d..73db2a8e 100644
--- a/man/Makefile
+++ b/man/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
+MK=		../mk
+include ${MK}/sys.mk
+include ${MK}/os.mk
+
 MAN3=		einfo.3 \
 		rc_config.3 rc_deptree.3 rc_find_pids.3 rc_plugin_hook.3 \
 		rc_runlevel.3 rc_service.3 rc_stringlist.3
 MAN8=		rc-service.8 rc-status.8 rc-update.8 openrc.8 openrc-run.8 \
 		service.8 start-stop-daemon.8
 
+ifeq (${OS},Linux)
+MAN8 += rc-sstat.8
+endif
+
 # Handy macro to create symlinks
 # This does rely on correctly formatting our manpages!
 MAKE_LINKS=	suffix=$${man\#*.}; \
@@ -16,8 +24,6 @@ MAKE_LINKS=	suffix=$${man\#*.}; \
 		fi; \
 		done;
 
-MK=		../mk
-include ${MK}/sys.mk
 include ${MK}/gitignore.mk
 
 all:
diff --git a/man/rc-sstat.8 b/man/rc-sstat.8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f2c4a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/rc-sstat.8
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+.\" Copyright (c) 2015 William Hubbs
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd April 24, 2008
+.Dt RC-sstat 8 SMM
+.Os OpenRC
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm rc-sstat
+.Nd show status info about services supervised by s6 then rc-status
+info
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+gathers and displays information about the status of services supervised
+by s6 then runs rc-status to show info about nnormal OpenRC services.
+.Pp
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Nm
+exits 1 if there is an internal error or exits with the same exit codes
+as rc-status.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr rc-status 8 ,
+.Xr rc-update 8
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b9d7ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rc-sstat
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 3d41631e..9a66c65d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
+MK=	../mk
+include ${MK}/os.mk
+
 DIR=	${LIBEXECDIR}/bin
 BIN=	on_ac_power
+INSTALLAFTER = _installafter
+
+ifeq (${OS},Linux)
+SRCS+= rc-sstat.in
+BIN+=	rc-sstat
+endif
+
+_installafter:
+ifeq (${OS},Linux)
+	${INSTALL} -d ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
+	ln -s ${DIR}/rc-sstat ${DESTDIR}/${SBINDIR}/rc-sstat
+endif
 
-MK=	../mk
 include ${MK}/scripts.mk
diff --git a/scripts/rc-sstat.in b/scripts/rc-sstat.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8896695b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rc-sstat.in
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#!@SHELL@
+
+# Define variables
+scandir="/run/openrc/s6-scan"
+statfile=/dev/shm/s6-svstat.${USER}
+
+color_red='\E[01;31m'
+color_green='\E[32m'
+color_yellow='\E[01;33m'
+
+# Time Modules
+uptimeModules() {
+	# Given a single integer argument representing seconds of uptime...
+	# convert uptime to a friendly human readable string: '2d 16h 58m 46s'
+	# define a variable to keep track of the longest length uptime string
+	uSec=${1:-0}
+
+	uDay=$(( $uSec / 86400 ))
+	uSec=$(( $uSec % 86400 ))
+	uHour=$(( $uSec / 3600 ))
+	uSec=$(( $uSec % 3600 ))
+	uMin=$(( $uSec / 60 ))
+	uSec=$(( $uSec % 60 ))
+
+	[ $uDay -ne 0 ] && pDay="${uDay}d " || pDay=""
+	[ $uHour -ne 0 ] && pHour="${uHour}h " || pHour=""
+	[ $uMin -ne 0 ] && pMin="${uMin}m " || pMin=""
+	[ $uSec -ne 0 ] && pSec="${uSec}s " || pSec=""
+
+	parsedUptime="$( echo ${pDay}${pHour}${pMin}${pSec} | sed 's#[ \t]*$##' )"
+	uCharCount=${#parsedUptime}
+}
+
+# Make sure we are running as root
+if [ $(id -u) != 0 ]; then
+	printf "This command must be run as root\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Make sure scandir exists
+if [ ! -d $scandir ]; then
+	printf "%s\n" "$scandir does not exist"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Make sure s6-svscan is running 
+if ! pgrep s6-svscan >/dev/null ; then 
+	printf "s6-svscan is not running\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# If TERM is undefined (launching sstat through an ssh command) then make it vt100
+if [ -z $TERM -o $TERM = "dumb" ]; then
+	export TERM=vt100
+fi
+
+# Gather list of candidate services s6-supervise may be supervising
+# filter for folders and symlinks at /run/openrc/s6-scan/* ommiting output starting with '.'
+services="$(find $scandir -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 \( -type d -or -type l \) | awk -F'/' '{ if ( $NF !~ "^\\." ) print $NF}')"
+if [ -z "$services" ]; then
+	printf "s6 found no services configured for supervision\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Gather status for each service from s6-svstat
+# write to tmp file in memory for non I/O bound repeatative access
+rm -f $statfile 2>/dev/null
+for service in $services ; do
+	echo "$service $(s6-svstat ${scandir}/${service})" >> $statfile
+done
+
+# Define longest string from parsed uptime (default to 7 to match string length of 'Up Time')
+timeStringLength=7
+for uptime in $(awk '$2 == "up" {print $5}' $statfile | sort -run)
+do
+	uptimeModules $uptime
+	[ ${uCharCount} -gt $timeStringLength ] && timeStringLength=$uCharCount
+done
+
+
+#   Print the status header like so...
+#                Service Name  State    PID         Up Time           Start Time
+#----------------------------  -----  -----  --------------  -------------------
+printf "\n"
+printf "%28s  %5s  %5s  %${timeStringLength}s  %19s\n" "Service Name" "State" "PID" "Up Time" "Start Time"
+for dashes in 28 5 5 $timeStringLength 19 ; do
+	printf "%0.s-" $(seq 1 $dashes) ; echo -n '  '
+done && printf "\n"
+
+
+#   sshd up (pid 26300) 80373 seconds
+cat $statfile | \
+while read line
+do
+	set $line
+
+	service=$1
+	state=$2
+	pid=${4/)/}
+	time=$5
+
+	# call function to convert time in seconds and define additional variables
+	uptimeModules $time
+
+	if [ "$state" = up ]; then
+		if [ $time -lt 30 ]; then
+			# uptime < 30 seconds, color the whole line yellow
+			echo -en "$color_yellow"
+			# 1st 4 columns are printed with printf for space padding
+			printf "%28s  %5s  %5s  %${timeStringLength}s" $service $state $pid "$parsedUptime"
+			# 4th column is output from date -d
+			echo -e "  $(date -d "${time} seconds ago" "+%F %T")"
+			# reset terminal colors
+			tput sgr0
+		else
+			printf "%28s" $service
+			# uptime > 30 seconds, color just the "state" value green
+			echo -en "$color_green"
+			printf "  %5s" $state
+			# reset terminal colors
+			tput sgr0
+			printf "  %5s" $pid
+			printf "  %${timeStringLength}s"  "$parsedUptime"
+			echo -e "  $(date -d "${time} seconds ago" "+%F %T")"
+		fi
+	else
+		printf "%28s" $service
+		echo -en "$color_red"
+		printf "  %5s" $state
+		tput sgr0
+		echo ""
+	fi
+done
+
+# Cleanup 
+rm -f $statfile 2>/dev/null
+
+printf "\n\n"
+
+rc-status