diff --git a/core/baseinit/build b/core/baseinit/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..52cfa33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/baseinit/build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+install -dm 755 "$1/etc"
+
+for f in inittab; do
+    install -m 644 "$f" "$1/etc"
+done
+
diff --git a/core/baseinit/checksums b/core/baseinit/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84ef6f9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/baseinit/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c65d69ade8d0bf6d92d01545323acff68c43cb1296bae8efcbf03faa5b0c653c  inittab
diff --git a/core/baseinit/files/inittab b/core/baseinit/files/inittab
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40d7720b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/baseinit/files/inittab
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+::sysinit:/etc/rc.boot
+::respawn:/bin/runsvdir-start
+::restart:/sbin/init
+::shutdown:/etc/rc.shutdown
diff --git a/core/baseinit/licenses b/core/baseinit/licenses
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0a24633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/baseinit/licenses
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+N/A
diff --git a/core/baseinit/manifest b/core/baseinit/manifest
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a76e1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/baseinit/manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/var/db/kiss/baseinit/version
+/var/db/kiss/baseinit/sources
+/var/db/kiss/baseinit/manifest
+/var/db/kiss/baseinit/licenses
+/var/db/kiss/baseinit/files/inittab
+/var/db/kiss/baseinit/files/
+/var/db/kiss/baseinit/checksums
+/var/db/kiss/baseinit/build
+/var/db/kiss/baseinit/
+/var/db/kiss/
+/var/db/
+/var/
+/etc/inittab
+/etc/
diff --git a/core/baseinit/sources b/core/baseinit/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9017ba00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/baseinit/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+files/inittab
diff --git a/core/baseinit/version b/core/baseinit/version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fb73a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/baseinit/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1 1