diff --git a/package/sysvinit/inittab b/package/sysvinit/inittab
index 6b0b580e59..2ca253ad6c 100644
--- a/package/sysvinit/inittab
+++ b/package/sysvinit/inittab
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ si0::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 si1::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
 si2::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts /dev/shm
 si4::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
-si5::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
+si5::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd /dev/fd 2>/dev/null
+si6::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin 2>/dev/null
+si7::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout 2>/dev/null
+si8::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr 2>/dev/null
+si9::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
 rcS:12345:wait:/etc/init.d/rcS
 
 # S0:1:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100 # GENERIC_SERIAL