diff --git a/net-im/palaver/files/palaver-0.5-initd b/net-im/palaver/files/palaver-0.5-initd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8424c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-im/palaver/files/palaver-0.5-initd
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: $
+
+depend() {
+	need net
+	use jabber-server
+}
+
+start() {
+	ebegin "Starting Palaver MUC service"
+	start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/jabber/palaver.pid --chuid jabber:jabber \
+		--exec /usr/bin/twistd -- -f /etc/jabber/palaver.tap -l /var/log/jabber/palaver.log \
+		--pidfile /var/run/jabber/palaver.pid
+	eend $?
+}
+
+stop() {
+	ebegin "Stopping Palaver MUC service"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/jabber/palaver.pid
+	eend $?
+}
diff --git a/net-im/palaver/palaver-0.5.ebuild b/net-im/palaver/palaver-0.5.ebuild
index ddc2dd8..332b746 100644
--- a/net-im/palaver/palaver-0.5.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/palaver/palaver-0.5.ebuild
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ src_install() {
 	dosed \
 		"s:<spool>[^\<]*</spool>:<spool>/var/spool/jabber</spool>:" \
 		/etc/jabber/${PN}.xml
+
 #	dosed \
 #		"s:<pid>[^\<]*</pid>:<pid>/var/run/jabber/${PN}.pid</pid>:" \
 #		/etc/jabber/${PN}.xml
 
-#	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.8-initd" ${PN}
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/${P}-initd" ${PN}
 #	dosed "s:INSPATH:${inspath}:" /etc/init.d/${PN}
 
 }
@@ -46,4 +47,7 @@ src_install() {
 post_install() {
 	einfo "A sample config file has been installes into /etc/jabber/${PN}.xml."
 	einfo "Please adjust the settings as needed."
+	einfo "After that, you need to create e TAP-file for twisted in order to start palaver, like this:"
+	einfo "# cd /etc/jabber"
+	einfo "# mktap palaver -c palaver.xml"
 }