diff --git a/extra/dinit/build b/extra/dinit/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d5e8c3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/dinit/build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# /sbin is a symlink to /usr/bin
+./configure --prefix=/usr --sbindir=/usr/bin
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/dinit/checksums b/extra/dinit/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8de96fcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/dinit/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ef85fda576fc6dbd364d6ae123d2e40d173c0593627b5565f1d4ae55db97c57157
diff --git a/extra/dinit/sources b/extra/dinit/sources
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index 00000000..c9ad304f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/dinit/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/davmac314/dinit/releases/download/v0.17.1/dinit-0.17.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/extra/dinit/version b/extra/dinit/version
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index 00000000..1f27ea97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/dinit/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.17.1 1