diff --git a/conf/distro/fsl-wayland.conf b/conf/distro/fsl-wayland.conf
index 6fdda98..46cb2f3 100644
--- a/conf/distro/fsl-wayland.conf
+++ b/conf/distro/fsl-wayland.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DISTRO = "fsl-wayland"
 DISTRO_NAME = "FSL Wayland"
 
 # Define Init System
-INIT_MANAGER = "systemd"
+INIT_MANAGER = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', 'sysvinit', 'systemd', d)}"
 
 # Remove conflicting backends
 DISTRO_FEATURES:remove = "directfb x11"
diff --git a/conf/distro/fslc-wayland.conf b/conf/distro/fslc-wayland.conf
index 95cf0ac..7b4e3f3 100644
--- a/conf/distro/fslc-wayland.conf
+++ b/conf/distro/fslc-wayland.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DISTRO = "fslc-wayland"
 DISTRO_NAME = "FSLC Wayland"
 
 # Define Init System
-INIT_MANAGER = "systemd"
+INIT_MANAGER = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', 'sysvinit', 'systemd', d)}"
 
 # Remove conflicting backends
 DISTRO_FEATURES:remove = "directfb x11"
diff --git a/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-machine-test.bb b/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-machine-test.bb
index c78828e..a464896 100644
--- a/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-machine-test.bb
+++ b/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-machine-test.bb
@@ -28,4 +28,6 @@ CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += " \
                          'weston weston-init', '', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11 wayland', \
                          'weston-xwayland xterm', '', d)} \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', \
+                         'weston-sysvinit', '', d)} \
 "
diff --git a/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-multimedia.bb b/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-multimedia.bb
index 3a3ce28..93e8e99 100644
--- a/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-multimedia.bb
+++ b/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-multimedia.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += " \
                           gtk+3-demo', '', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11 wayland', \
                          'weston-xwayland xterm', '', d)} \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', \
+                         'weston-sysvinit', '', d)} \
 "
 
 PACKAGE_IMX_TO_REMOVE = ""