diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 286f449..f7606a1 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ sysvinit (2.89) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Drop dsf part from version number.  It no longer make sense to keep.
   * Remove obsolete/ directory from tarball.  None of it have been useful
     for many years.
+  * Make it possible to specify the initctl path as a compile time
+    define INIT_FIFO.
 
  -- Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>  Sun Apr 11 11:28:55 CEST 2010
 
diff --git a/src/initreq.h b/src/initreq.h
index 757ffe0..e234215 100644
--- a/src/initreq.h
+++ b/src/initreq.h
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 
-#if defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
-#  define INIT_FIFO  "/etc/.initctl"
-#else
-#  define INIT_FIFO  "/dev/initctl"
+#ifndef INIT_FIFO
+#  if defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
+#    define INIT_FIFO  "/etc/.initctl"
+#  else
+#    define INIT_FIFO  "/dev/initctl"
+#  endif
 #endif
 
 #define INIT_MAGIC 0x03091969