diff --git a/init/init-lib.pl b/init/init-lib.pl
index 8ce6ba979..675d61419 100755
--- a/init/init-lib.pl
+++ b/init/init-lib.pl
@@ -369,6 +369,13 @@ if ($config{"inittab_rl_$rv[0]"}) {
 	@rv = split(/,/, $config{"inittab_rl_$rv[0]"});
 	}
 push(@rv, $config{'inittab_extra'});
+
+# Add current runlevel. This is needed on EC2, as the boot runlevel can be
+# 4 even if inittab says 3!
+local $out = &backquote_command("who -r 2>/dev/null");
+if (!$? && $out =~ /run-level\s+(\d+)/) {
+	push(@rv, $1);
+	}
 return &unique(@rv);
 }