diff --git a/recipes-core/images/core-image-recovery.bb b/recipes-core/images/core-image-recovery.bb
index f6ed85b..625fa50 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 = "e2fsprogs kernel-modules  busybox ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} udev base-passwd ${ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL}"
+PACKAGE_INSTALL = "e2fsprogs kernel-modules  busybox busybox-inittab ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} udev base-passwd ${ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL}"
 
 # Do not pollute the initrd image with rootfs features
 IMAGE_FEATURES = ""