diff --git a/package/busybox/inittab b/package/busybox/inittab
index ff1725c775..f2b4df801b 100644
--- a/package/busybox/inittab
+++ b/package/busybox/inittab
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
 ::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts /dev/shm
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
+::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /run/lock/subsys
 ::sysinit:/sbin/swapon -a
 null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
 null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton/var/lock b/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton/var/lock
index 1431b0e432..386c09e727 120000
--- a/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton/var/lock
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton/var/lock
@@ -1 +1 @@
-../tmp
\ No newline at end of file
+../run/lock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton/var/lock b/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton/var/lock
index 1431b0e432..386c09e727 120000
--- a/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton/var/lock
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton/var/lock
@@ -1 +1 @@
-../tmp
\ No newline at end of file
+../run/lock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/sysvinit/inittab b/package/sysvinit/inittab
index a31471031f..afc28e6c03 100644
--- a/package/sysvinit/inittab
+++ b/package/sysvinit/inittab
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ si0::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 si1::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
 si2::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts /dev/shm
 si3::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
-si4::sysinit:/sbin/swapon -a
-si5::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd /dev/fd 2>/dev/null
-si6::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin 2>/dev/null
-si7::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout 2>/dev/null
-si8::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr 2>/dev/null
-si9::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
+si4::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /run/lock/subsys
+si5::sysinit:/sbin/swapon -a
+si6::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd /dev/fd 2>/dev/null
+si7::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin 2>/dev/null
+si8::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout 2>/dev/null
+si9::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr 2>/dev/null
+si10::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
 rcS:12345:wait:/etc/init.d/rcS
 
 # S0:1:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100 # GENERIC_SERIAL