diff --git a/linux_test/Makefile b/linux_test/Makefile
index dd3d0cf1..f82f9ee7 100644
--- a/linux_test/Makefile
+++ b/linux_test/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 
-all: sysv systemd upstart clean
+all: sysv systemd upstart openrc clean
 
+# compile `go test` binary statically
 test:
-	@go test -c ..
+	@CGO_ENABLED=0 go test -installsuffix netgo -a -c ..
 
 clean:
 	-rm service.test
@@ -33,3 +34,12 @@ upstart: test
 	@-docker rm $(shell docker ps -l -q)
 	@-docker rmi -f service.test.upstart
 	@-rm upstart/service.test
+
+openrc: test
+	@echo openrc
+	@cp service.test openrc/
+	@docker build -q --tag="service.test.openrc" openrc
+	@-docker run service.test.openrc
+	@-docker rm $(shell docker ps -l -q)
+	@-docker rmi -f service.test.openrc
+	@-rm openrc/service.test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/linux_test/openrc/Dockerfile b/linux_test/openrc/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c333545a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_test/openrc/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM alpine:latest
+ADD service.test /tmp/
+CMD /tmp/service.test -test.v=true
diff --git a/service.go b/service.go
index 91a69944..a8d08ed8 100644
--- a/service.go
+++ b/service.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ const (
 	optionSysvScript    = "SysvScript"
 	optionUpstartScript = "UpstartScript"
 	optionLaunchdConfig = "LaunchdConfig"
+	optionOpenRCScript  = "OpenRCScript"
 )
 
 // Status represents service status as an byte value
diff --git a/service_linux.go b/service_linux.go
index d0345466..49d3faee 100644
--- a/service_linux.go
+++ b/service_linux.go
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ func init() {
 			},
 			new: newUpstartService,
 		},
+		linuxSystemService{
+			name:   "linux-openrc",
+			detect: isOpenRC,
+			interactive: func() bool {
+				is, _ := isInteractive()
+				return is
+			},
+			new: newOpenRCService,
+		},
 		linuxSystemService{
 			name:   "unix-systemv",
 			detect: func() bool { return true },
diff --git a/service_openrc_linux.go b/service_openrc_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd339d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service_openrc_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"text/template"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func isOpenRC() bool {
+	if _, err := exec.LookPath("openrc-init"); err == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/etc/inittab"); err == nil {
+		filerc, err := os.Open("/etc/inittab")
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		defer filerc.Close()
+
+		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		buf.ReadFrom(filerc)
+		contents := buf.String()
+
+		re := regexp.MustCompile(`::sysinit:.*openrc.*sysinit`)
+		matches := re.FindStringSubmatch(contents)
+		if len(matches) > 0 {
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+type openrc struct {
+	i        Interface
+	platform string
+	*Config
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) String() string {
+	if len(s.DisplayName) > 0 {
+		return s.DisplayName
+	}
+	return s.Name
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) Platform() string {
+	return s.platform
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) template() *template.Template {
+	customScript := s.Option.string(optionOpenRCScript, "")
+
+	if customScript != "" {
+		return template.Must(template.New("").Funcs(tf).Parse(customScript))
+	} else {
+		return template.Must(template.New("").Funcs(tf).Parse(openRCScript))
+	}
+}
+
+func newOpenRCService(i Interface, platform string, c *Config) (Service, error) {
+	s := &openrc{
+		i:        i,
+		platform: platform,
+		Config:   c,
+	}
+	return s, nil
+}
+
+var errNoUserServiceOpenRC = errors.New("user services are not supported on OpenRC")
+
+func (s *openrc) configPath() (cp string, err error) {
+	if s.Option.bool(optionUserService, optionUserServiceDefault) {
+		err = errNoUserServiceOpenRC
+		return
+	}
+	cp = "/etc/init.d/" + s.Config.Name
+	return
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) Install() error {
+	confPath, err := s.configPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = os.Stat(confPath)
+	if err == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Init already exists: %s", confPath)
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Create(confPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	err = os.Chmod(confPath, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	path, err := s.execPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var to = &struct {
+		*Config
+		Path string
+	}{
+		s.Config,
+		path,
+	}
+
+	err = s.template().Execute(f, to)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// run rc-update
+	return s.runAction("add")
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) Uninstall() error {
+	confPath, err := s.configPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.Remove(confPath); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.runAction("delete")
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) Logger(errs chan<- error) (Logger, error) {
+	if system.Interactive() {
+		return ConsoleLogger, nil
+	}
+	return s.SystemLogger(errs)
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) SystemLogger(errs chan<- error) (Logger, error) {
+	return newSysLogger(s.Name, errs)
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) Run() (err error) {
+	err = s.i.Start(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	s.Option.funcSingle(optionRunWait, func() {
+		var sigChan = make(chan os.Signal, 3)
+		signal.Notify(sigChan, syscall.SIGTERM, os.Interrupt)
+		<-sigChan
+	})()
+
+	return s.i.Stop(s)
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) Status() (Status, error) {
+	_, out, err := runWithOutput("rc-service", s.Name, "status")
+	if err != nil {
+		return StatusUnknown, err
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasPrefix(out, "Running"):
+		return StatusRunning, nil
+	case strings.HasPrefix(out, "Stopped"):
+		return StatusStopped, nil
+	default:
+		return StatusUnknown, ErrNotInstalled
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) Start() error {
+	return run("rc-service", s.Name, "start")
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) Stop() error {
+	return run("rc-service", s.Name, "stop")
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) Restart() error {
+	err := s.Stop()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+	return s.Start()
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) runAction(action string) error {
+	return s.run(action, s.Name)
+}
+
+func (s *openrc) run(action string, args ...string) error {
+	return run("rc-update", append([]string{action}, args...)...)
+}
+
+const openRCScript = `#!/sbin/openrc-run
+supervisor=supervise-daemon
+name="{{.DisplayName}}"
+description="{{.Description}}"
+command={{.Path|cmdEscape}}
+{{- if .Arguments }}
+command_args="{{range .Arguments}}{{.}} {{end}}"
+{{- end }}
+name=$(basename $(readlink -f $command))
+supervise_daemon_args="--stdout /var/log/${name}.log --stderr /var/log/${name}.err"
+
+{{- if .Dependencies }}
+depend() {
+{{- range $i, $dep := .Dependencies}} 
+{{"\t"}}{{$dep}}{{end}}
+}
+{{- end}}
+`