diff --git a/package/mini-snmpd/S60mini-snmpd b/package/mini-snmpd/S60mini-snmpd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7c61d7a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mini-snmpd/S60mini-snmpd
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DAEMON="mini-snmpd"
+PIDFILE="/var/run/$DAEMON.pid"
+
+DAEMON_OPTS=""
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+[ -r "/etc/default/$DAEMON" ] && . "/etc/default/$DAEMON"
+
+start() {
+	printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
+		--exec "/usr/sbin/$DAEMON" -- $DAEMON_OPTS
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+stop() {
+	printf 'Stopping %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
+		--exec "/usr/sbin/$DAEMON"
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+restart() {
+	stop
+	start
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+	start|stop|restart)
+		"$1";;
+	reload)
+		# Restart, since there is no true "reload" feature.
+		restart;;
+	*)
+		echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload}"
+		exit 1
+esac
diff --git a/package/mini-snmpd/mini-snmpd b/package/mini-snmpd/mini-snmpd
index 0ca9901d58..371f57f15f 100644
--- a/package/mini-snmpd/mini-snmpd
+++ b/package/mini-snmpd/mini-snmpd
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Require client authentication, thus SNMP version 2c
-EXTRA_PARAMS=-a
+DAEMON_OPTS="-a -c public -s"
diff --git a/package/mini-snmpd/mini-snmpd.mk b/package/mini-snmpd/mini-snmpd.mk
index 89eca4ce79..99bef47477 100644
--- a/package/mini-snmpd/mini-snmpd.mk
+++ b/package/mini-snmpd/mini-snmpd.mk
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@ endef
 
 MINI_SNMPD_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += MINI_SNMPD_INSTALL_ETC_DEFAULT
 
+define MINI_SNMPD_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/mini-snmpd/S60mini-snmpd \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S60mini-snmpd
+endef
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))