diff --git a/package/busybox/S50crond b/package/busybox/S50crond
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74a0c0849b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/busybox/S50crond
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DAEMON="crond"
+PIDFILE="/var/run/$DAEMON.pid"
+
+CROND_ARGS=""
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+[ -r "/etc/default/$DAEMON" ] && . "/etc/default/$DAEMON"
+
+# BusyBox' crond does not create a pidfile, so pass "-f" on the crond
+# command line and use "--make-pidfile" to instruct start-stop-daemon
+# to create one.
+start() {
+	printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
+	start-stop-daemon --start --background --make-pidfile \
+		--pidfile "$PIDFILE" --exec "/usr/sbin/$DAEMON" \
+		-- -f $CROND_ARGS
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+stop() {
+	printf 'Stopping %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --exec "/usr/sbin/$DAEMON"
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	while start-stop-daemon --stop --test --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
+		--exec "/sbin/$DAEMON"; do
+		sleep 0.1
+	done
+	rm -f "$PIDFILE"
+	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/busybox/busybox.config b/package/busybox/busybox.config
index 35c01181bd..69d896bebd 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.config
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.config
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ CONFIG_CROND=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_D is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_SPECIAL_TIMES=y
-CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_DIR="/var/spool/cron"
+CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_DIR="/etc/cron"
 CONFIG_CRONTAB=y
 # CONFIG_DEVFSD is not set
 # CONFIG_DEVFSD_MODLOAD is not set
diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index eb5e7ad922..f1e0a7e6da 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -312,6 +312,18 @@ define BUSYBOX_INSTALL_SYSCTL_SCRIPT
 endef
 endif
 
+# Only install our crond script if no other package does it.
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DCRON),)
+define BUSYBOX_INSTALL_CROND_SCRIPT
+	if grep -q CONFIG_CROND=y $(@D)/.config; \
+	then \
+		mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/cron/crontabs ; \
+		$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D package/busybox/S50crond \
+			$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S50crond; \
+	fi;
+endef
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_INIT_BUSYBOX),y)
 define BUSYBOX_INSTALL_INITTAB
 	if test ! -e $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/inittab; then \
@@ -407,6 +419,7 @@ define BUSYBOX_INSTALL_INIT_OPENRC
 	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_MDEV_SCRIPT)
 	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_LOGGING_SCRIPT)
 	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_WATCHDOG_SCRIPT)
+	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_CROND_SCRIPT)
 	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_TELNET_SCRIPT)
 endef
 
@@ -419,6 +432,7 @@ define BUSYBOX_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_LOGGING_SCRIPT)
 	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_WATCHDOG_SCRIPT)
 	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_SYSCTL_SCRIPT)
+	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_CROND_SCRIPT)
 	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_TELNET_SCRIPT)
 endef