diff --git a/init.d/fsck.in b/init.d/fsck.in
index 68cdf14..279e25c 100644
--- a/init.d/fsck.in
+++ b/init.d/fsck.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ _IFS="
 depend()
 {
 	use dev clock modules
-	keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -timeout -vserver
+	keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -timeout -vserver -lxc
 }
 
 _abort() {
diff --git a/init.d/hwclock.in b/init.d/hwclock.in
index ea9fa34..e99900f 100644
--- a/init.d/hwclock.in
+++ b/init.d/hwclock.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ depend()
 	else
 		before *
 	fi
-	keyword -openvz -prefix -uml -vserver -xenu
+	keyword -openvz -prefix -uml -vserver -xenu -lxc
 }
 
 setupopts()
diff --git a/init.d/localmount.in b/init.d/localmount.in
index 89a4801..a4d1116 100644
--- a/init.d/localmount.in
+++ b/init.d/localmount.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ depend()
 {
 	need fsck
 	use lvm modules mtab
-	keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -vserver
+	keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -vserver -lxc
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/modules.in b/init.d/modules.in
index c2270ff..7c0b993 100644
--- a/init.d/modules.in
+++ b/init.d/modules.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description="Loads a user defined list of kernel modules."
 depend()
 {
 	use isapnp
-	keyword -openvz -prefix -vserver
+	keyword -openvz -prefix -vserver -lxc
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/mount-ro.in b/init.d/mount-ro.in
index 45e0fab..69032d7 100644
--- a/init.d/mount-ro.in
+++ b/init.d/mount-ro.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description="Re-mount filesytems read-only for a clean reboot."
 depend()
 {
 	need killprocs savecache
-	keyword -prefix -openvz -vserver
+	keyword -prefix -openvz -vserver -lxc
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/numlock.in b/init.d/numlock.in
index 9d88fa0..7bf3dc7 100644
--- a/init.d/numlock.in
+++ b/init.d/numlock.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ttyn=${rc_tty_number:-${RC_TTY_NUMBER:-12}}
 depend()
 {
 	need localmount
-	keyword -openvz -prefix -vserver
+	keyword -openvz -prefix -vserver -lxc
 }
 
 _setleds()
diff --git a/init.d/procfs.in b/init.d/procfs.in
index 712adc2..2b73bd7 100644
--- a/init.d/procfs.in
+++ b/init.d/procfs.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ depend()
 {
 	use modules devfs
 	need localmount
-	keyword -openvz -prefix -vserver
+	keyword -openvz -prefix -vserver -lxc
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/root.in b/init.d/root.in
index 6dc37c8..0689060 100644
--- a/init.d/root.in
+++ b/init.d/root.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description="Mount the root fs read/write"
 depend()
 {
 	need fsck
-	keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -vserver
+	keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -vserver -lxc
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/swap.in b/init.d/swap.in
index 564531b..d99b9b8 100644
--- a/init.d/swap.in
+++ b/init.d/swap.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 depend()
 {
 	need localmount
-	keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -vserver
+	keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -vserver -lxc
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/init.d/swclock.in b/init.d/swclock.in
index 2d091fe..3357fc7 100644
--- a/init.d/swclock.in
+++ b/init.d/swclock.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ depend()
 {
 	before *
 	provide clock
-	keyword -openvz -prefix -uml -vserver -xenu
+	keyword -openvz -prefix -uml -vserver -xenu -lxc
 }
 
 # swclock is an OpenRC built in
diff --git a/man/runscript.8 b/man/runscript.8
index a3e1f2e..f380617 100644
--- a/man/runscript.8
+++ b/man/runscript.8
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ When in a jail, exclude this service from any dependencies. The service can
 still be run directly.
 .It Dv -openvz
 Same as -jail, but for OpenVZ systems.
+.It Dv -lxc
+Same as -jail, but for Linux Resource Containers (LXC).
 .It Dv -shutdown
 Don't stop this service when shutting the system down.
 This normally quite safe as remaining daemons will be sent a SIGTERM just
diff --git a/src/librc/librc.c b/src/librc/librc.c
index 96e3195..34bd9e1 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc.c
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ rc_sys(void)
 		return RC_SYS_VSERVER;
 	else if (exists("/proc/vz/veinfo") && !exists("/proc/vz/version"))
 		return RC_SYS_OPENVZ;
+	else if (file_regex("/proc/self/cgroup", ":/.+$"))
+		return RC_SYS_LXC;
 	else if (file_regex("/proc/self/status",
 		"envID:[[:space:]]*[1-9]"))
 		return RC_SYS_OPENVZ; /* old test */
diff --git a/src/librc/rc.h.in b/src/librc/rc.h.in
index 373f1d1..4b7977e 100644
--- a/src/librc/rc.h.in
+++ b/src/librc/rc.h.in
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ bool rc_service_daemons_crashed(const char *);
  * Some services cannot work in these systems, or we do something else. */
 #define RC_SYS_JAIL    "JAIL"
 #define RC_SYS_OPENVZ  "OPENVZ"
+#define RC_SYS_LXC     "LXC"
 #define RC_SYS_PREFIX  "PREFIX"
 #define RC_SYS_UML     "UML"
 #define RC_SYS_VSERVER "VSERVER"