diff --git a/net/rsync/Makefile b/net/rsync/Makefile
index 46670e576..85cfb7483 100644
--- a/net/rsync/Makefile
+++ b/net/rsync/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=rsync
 PKG_VERSION:=3.0.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src
diff --git a/net/rsync/files/rsyncd.init b/net/rsync/files/rsyncd.init
index 741e09c34..fdbc01662 100644
--- a/net/rsync/files/rsyncd.init
+++ b/net/rsync/files/rsyncd.init
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2011 OpenWrt.org
 
 START=50
-BIN=/usr/bin/rsync
-PID=/var/run/rsyncd.pid
-SSD=start-stop-daemon
+
+SERVICE_PID_FILE=/var/run/rsyncd.pid
 
 start() {
-	$SSD -p $PID -S -x $BIN -- --daemon
+	service_start /usr/bin/rsync --daemon
 }
 
 stop() {
-	$SSD -p $PID -K
+	service_stop /usr/bin/rsync
 }