diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 382a9c8..f4d03f4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ dnsmasq (2.81-1) unstable; urgency=low
      only one of the interfaces. (closes: #949565)
    * Fix breakage of dig +trace. (closes: #942363)
    * Fix build faliure with newer Nettle libraries. (closes: #940985)
+   * Support runscript init-system (closes: #929884)
 	
  -- Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>  Mon, 27 Jan 2020 22:31:15 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e30d592..af38d91 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Build-depends: gettext, libnetfilter-conntrack-dev [linux-any],
                libidn2-dev, libdbus-1-dev (>=0.61), libgmp-dev, 
                nettle-dev (>=2.4-3), libbsd-dev [!linux-any],
-	       liblua5.2-dev
+	       liblua5.2-dev, dh-runit, debhelper-compat (= 10)
 Maintainer: Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>
 Homepage: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
 Vcs-Git: http://thekelleys.org.uk/git/dnsmasq.git
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Package: dnsmasq
 Architecture: all
 Depends: netbase, dnsmasq-base,
-         init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
+         init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: resolvconf
-Conflicts: resolvconf (<<1.15)
+Breaks: ${runit:Breaks}
+Conflicts: resolvconf (<<1.15), ${runit:Conflicts}
 Description: Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
  Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure, DNS forwarder and DHCP
  server. It is designed to provide DNS and optionally, DHCP, to a 
diff --git a/debian/dnsmasq.runit b/debian/dnsmasq.runit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a457f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/dnsmasq.runit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+debian/dnsmasq.runscript name=dnsmasq,logscript,since=2.80-1+runit
diff --git a/debian/dnsmasq.runscript/finish b/debian/dnsmasq.runscript/finish
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cf35240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/dnsmasq.runscript/finish
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh -eu
+if [ -x /sbin/resolvconf ] ; then
+	/sbin/resolvconf -d lo.dnsmasq
+fi
+
diff --git a/debian/dnsmasq.runscript/run b/debian/dnsmasq.runscript/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1a43393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/dnsmasq.runscript/run
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/lib/runit/invoke-run
+
+readonly name=dnsmasq
+readonly daemon=/usr/sbin/dnsmasq
+readonly marker=/usr/share/dnsmasq/installed-marker
+
+test -e "${marker}" || exec sv down "${name}"
+test -x "${daemon}" || exec sv down "${name}"
+
+if [ ! "${RESOLV_CONF:-}" ] &&
+   [ "${IGNORE_RESOLVCONF:-}" != "yes" ] &&
+   [ -x /sbin/resolvconf ]
+then
+	RESOLV_CONF=/run/dnsmasq/resolv.conf
+fi
+
+# This tells dnsmasq to ignore DNS requests that don't come from a local network.
+# It's automatically ignored if  --interface --except-interface, --listen-address 
+# or --auth-server exist in the configuration, so for most installations, it will
+# have no effect, but for otherwise-unconfigured installations, it stops dnsmasq
+# from being vulnerable to DNS-reflection attacks.
+
+DNSMASQ_OPTS="${DNSMASQ_OPTS:-} --local-service"
+
+# If the dns-root-data package is installed, then the trust anchors will be 
+# available in $ROOT_DS, in BIND zone-file format. Reformat as dnsmasq
+# --trust-anchor options.
+
+ROOT_DS="/usr/share/dns/root.ds"
+
+if [ -f $ROOT_DS ]; then
+    DNSMASQ_OPTS="$DNSMASQ_OPTS `env LC_ALL=C sed -rne "s/^([.a-zA-Z0-9]+)([[:space:]]+[0-9]+)*([[:space:]]+IN)*[[:space:]]+DS[[:space:]]+/--trust-anchor=\1,/;s/[[:space:]]+/,/gp" $ROOT_DS | tr '\n' ' '`"
+fi
+
+mkdir -p /run/dnsmasq
+chown dnsmasq:nogroup /run/dnsmasq
+[ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && /sbin/restorecon /run/dnsmasq
+exec "${daemon}" \
+	--keep-in-foreground \
+	--log-facility=/dev/stdout \
+	${RESOLV_CONF:+ -r $RESOLV_CONF} \
+	${DNSMASQ_OPTS} \
+	-u dnsmasq
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fe5253d..d9e305e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ binary-indep:	checkroot
                 -d debian/trees/daemon/etc/insserv.conf.d
 	install -m 644 debian/conffiles debian/trees/daemon/DEBIAN
 	install -m 755 debian/postinst debian/postrm debian/prerm debian/trees/daemon/DEBIAN
+	rm -f debian/dnsmasq.postinst.debhelper debian/dnsmasq.postrm.debhelper
+	dh_runit -pdnsmasq -Pdebian/trees/daemon
+	cat debian/dnsmasq.postinst.debhelper >> debian/trees/daemon/DEBIAN/postinst
+	cat debian/dnsmasq.postrm.debhelper   >> debian/trees/daemon/DEBIAN/postrm
 	install -m 755 debian/init debian/trees/daemon/etc/init.d/dnsmasq
 	install -m 755 debian/resolvconf debian/trees/daemon/etc/resolvconf/update.d/dnsmasq
 	install -m 755 debian/resolvconf-package debian/trees/daemon/usr/lib/resolvconf/dpkg-event.d/dnsmasq
@@ -188,7 +192,7 @@ binary-indep:	checkroot
 	install -m 644 debian/insserv debian/trees/daemon/etc/insserv.conf.d/dnsmasq
 	ln -s $(package) debian/trees/daemon/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq
 	cd debian/trees/daemon && find . -type f ! -regex '.*DEBIAN/.*' -printf '%P\0' | LC_ALL=C sort -z | xargs -r0 md5sum > DEBIAN/md5sums	
-	dpkg-gencontrol $(PACKAGE_VERSION) -T -pdnsmasq -Pdebian/trees/daemon
+	dpkg-gencontrol $(PACKAGE_VERSION) -Tdebian/dnsmasq.substvars -pdnsmasq -Pdebian/trees/daemon
 	find debian/trees/daemon -depth -newermt '$(BUILD_DATE)' -print0 | xargs -0r touch --no-dereference --date='$(BUILD_DATE)'
 	chown -R root.root debian/trees/daemon
 	chmod -R g-ws debian/trees/daemon