diff --git a/src/etc/rc b/src/etc/rc
index de95bdadd..c0fc18db2 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc
+++ b/src/etc/rc
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ echo -n "Starting CRON... "
 cd /tmp && /usr/sbin/cron -s 2>/dev/null
 echo "done."
 
+# starting standard rc scripts
+/usr/local/etc/rc.opnsense start
+
 # Start ping handler every 240 seconds
 /usr/local/bin/minicron 240 /var/run/ping_hosts.pid /usr/local/bin/ping_hosts.sh
 
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.opnsense b/src/etc/rc.opnsense
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..36676275c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/rc.opnsense
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# check which services to enable
+. /etc/rc.conf
+for rc_conf in /etc/rc.conf.d/*;
+do
+   . $rc_conf
+done
+
+# probe all deamons in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
+ls /usr/local/etc/rc.d/* | while read rc_filename
+do
+#  echo $rc_filename
+  # read rc scripts and parse name and rcvar variables
+  _file=`basename $rc_filename`
+  eval `/usr/bin/grep "name[[:blank:]]*=" $rc_filename | /usr/bin/head -n 1`
+  eval `grep "rcvar[[:blank:]]*=" $rc_filename | /usr/bin/sed '/^$/d'`
+
+  # check if service is enabled
+  eval "is_enabled=\$"$rcvar""
+
+  # start/stop service  
+  if [ "$is_enabled" == "YES" ]; then
+  	$rc_filename $1
+  fi
+done
+
+ 
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