diff --git a/recipes-core/images/core-image-recovery.bb b/recipes-core/images/core-image-recovery.bb
index a4f34ac..b8be67b 100644
--- a/recipes-core/images/core-image-recovery.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/images/core-image-recovery.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Recovery initramfs image."
 
 
-PACKAGE_INSTALL = "recovery-boot e2fsprogs kernel-modules  busybox busybox-inittab ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} udev base-passwd ${ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL}"
+PACKAGE_INSTALL = "e2fsprogs kernel-modules  busybox sysvinit sysvinit-inittab ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} udev base-passwd ${ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL}"
 
 # Do not pollute the initrd image with rootfs features
 IMAGE_FEATURES = ""