diff --git a/contrib/init-scripts/Makefile.am b/contrib/init-scripts/Makefile.am
index a168a65..d1f35a5 100644
--- a/contrib/init-scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/init-scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ##	http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
 ##
 
-EXTRA_DIST		= rpcfedfsd
+EXTRA_DIST		= fedfs rpcfedfsd
 
 CLEANFILES		= cscope.in.out cscope.out cscope.po.out *~
 DISTCLEANFILES		= Makefile.in
diff --git a/contrib/init-scripts/fedfs b/contrib/init-scripts/fedfs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa40100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/init-scripts/fedfs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# /etc/sysconfig/fedfs
+#
+# This configuration file controls the behavior of the rpc.fedfsd
+# daemon, part of the fedfs-utils package.  For the vast majority
+# of users, there shouldn't be any need to alter the contents of
+# this file at all.
+
+#
+# Optional arguments passed to rpc.fedfsd.  See rpc.fedfsd(8)
+#
+#RPCFEDFSDARGS="--debug --uid 501 --gid 501 --port 45678"
diff --git a/contrib/init-scripts/rpcfedfsd b/contrib/init-scripts/rpcfedfsd
index d2bb7fe..0fcbe96 100755
--- a/contrib/init-scripts/rpcfedfsd
+++ b/contrib/init-scripts/rpcfedfsd
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ] &&  . /etc/sysconfig/network
 
 # Check for, and source, configuration file; otherwise set defaults
-[ -f /etc/sysconfig/nfs ] && . /etc/sysconfig/nfs
+[ -f /etc/sysconfig/fedfs ] && . /etc/sysconfig/fedfs
 
 RETVAL=0
 prog="rpc.fedfsd"