diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index 7d85aef0a..7b5229067 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ func (container *Container) releaseNetwork() {
 	container.NetworkSettings = &NetworkSettings{}
 }
 
-// FIXME: replace this with a control socket within docker-init
+// FIXME: replace this with a control socket within dockerinit
 func (container *Container) waitLxc() error {
 	for {
 		output, err := exec.Command("lxc-info", "-n", container.ID).CombinedOutput()
diff --git a/docker/docker.go b/docker/docker.go
index 750d63c06..deae9b616 100644
--- a/docker/docker.go
+++ b/docker/docker.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/sysinit"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 func main() {
 	if selfPath := utils.SelfPath(); selfPath == "/sbin/init" || selfPath == "/.dockerinit" {
 		// Running in init mode
-		docker.SysInit()
+		sysinit.SysInit()
 		return
 	}
 	// FIXME: Switch d and D ? (to be more sshd like)
diff --git a/dockerinit/dockerinit.go b/dockerinit/dockerinit.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c363f4ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerinit/dockerinit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/sysinit"
+)
+
+var (
+	GITCOMMIT string
+	VERSION   string
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// Running in init mode
+	sysinit.SysInit()
+	return
+}
diff --git a/lxc_template.go b/lxc_template.go
index 0e2dfafd4..3faea04c5 100644
--- a/lxc_template.go
+++ b/lxc_template.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ lxc.mount.entry = devpts {{$ROOTFS}}/dev/pts devpts newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,no
 #lxc.mount.entry = varlock {{$ROOTFS}}/var/lock tmpfs size=1024k,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
 lxc.mount.entry = shm {{$ROOTFS}}/dev/shm tmpfs size=65536k,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
 
-# Inject docker-init
+# Inject dockerinit
 lxc.mount.entry = {{.SysInitPath}} {{$ROOTFS}}/.dockerinit none bind,ro 0 0
 
 # In order to get a working DNS environment, mount bind (ro) the host's /etc/resolv.conf into the container
diff --git a/runtime_test.go b/runtime_test.go
index 75081fff1..2a3a09373 100644
--- a/runtime_test.go
+++ b/runtime_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package docker
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/sysinit"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ func init() {
 
 	// Hack to run sys init during unit testing
 	if selfPath := utils.SelfPath(); selfPath == "/sbin/init" || selfPath == "/.dockerinit" {
-		SysInit()
+		sysinit.SysInit()
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/sysinit.go b/sysinit/sysinit.go
similarity index 96%
rename from sysinit.go
rename to sysinit/sysinit.go
index 34f1cbdac..2e80327e8 100644
--- a/sysinit.go
+++ b/sysinit/sysinit.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package docker
+package sysinit
 
 import (
 	"flag"
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func executeProgram(name string, args []string) {
 // up the environment before running the actual process
 func SysInit() {
 	if len(os.Args) <= 1 {
-		fmt.Println("You should not invoke docker-init manually")
+		fmt.Println("You should not invoke dockerinit manually")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	var u = flag.String("u", "", "username or uid")