diff --git a/recipes/busybox/busybox-configure.inc b/recipes/busybox/busybox-configure.inc
index 037cd97..7032257 100644
--- a/recipes/busybox/busybox-configure.inc
+++ b/recipes/busybox/busybox-configure.inc
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ DEFAULT_USE_busybox_mdev_sysvinit_start = "10"
 RECIPE_FLAGS += "busybox_mdev_splashutils_progress busybox_mdev_splashutils_msg"
 SPLASHUTILS_INITSCRIPTS:>USE_busybox_mdev += " busybox_mdev"
 DEFAULT_USE_busybox_mdev_splashutils_msg = "\"Starting Mdev\""
+RECIPE_FLAGS += "busybox_mdev_dash_s"
+DEFAULT_USE_busybox_mdev_dash_s = "1"
 
 RECIPE_FLAGS += "busybox_klogd \
         busybox_klogd_sysvinit_start busybox_klogd_conlevel"
diff --git a/recipes/busybox/busybox-install.inc b/recipes/busybox/busybox-install.inc
index bfb0c11..b94e8c2 100644
--- a/recipes/busybox/busybox-install.inc
+++ b/recipes/busybox/busybox-install.inc
@@ -135,3 +135,29 @@ do_install () {
 		sysvinit_install_script ${SRCDIR}/busybox-httpd
 	fi
 }
+
+do_install[postfuncs] += "${BUSYBOX_INSTALL_POSTFUNCS}"
+BUSYBOX_INSTALL_POSTFUNCS = ""
+BUSYBOX_INSTALL_POSTFUNCS:>USE_busybox_mdev = " do_install_fix_mdev"
+#do_install[postfuncs] += "do_install_fix_mdev"
+
+python do_install_fix_mdev () {
+	import os, fileinput
+	path = d.get("D")
+	os.chdir(path)
+	sysconfdir=d.get("sysconfdir")
+	for line in fileinput.FileInput("." + sysconfdir + "/init.d/busybox-mdev", inplace=1):
+		if d.get("USE_busybox_mdev_dash_s"):
+			line=line.replace("mdev_dash_s PLACEHOLDER_1",
+				"# Create tmpfs for /dev\n" +
+				"echo \"Creating tmpfs at /dev\"\n" +
+				"mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /dev -o size=64k,mode=0755")
+			line=line.replace("mdev_dash_s PLACEHOLDER_2",
+				"# Populate /dev from /sys info\n" +
+				"echo \"Populating /dev/ using mdev\"\n" +
+				"$MDEV -s")
+		else:
+			line=line.replace("mdev_dash_s PLACEHOLDER_1", "")
+			line=line.replace("mdev_dash_s PLACEHOLDER_2", "")
+		print line,
+}
diff --git a/recipes/busybox/files/busybox-mdev b/recipes/busybox/files/busybox-mdev
index c068b94..5d307dd 100755
--- a/recipes/busybox/files/busybox-mdev
+++ b/recipes/busybox/files/busybox-mdev
@@ -34,16 +34,12 @@ if mountpoint -q /dev/shm/; then
   umount -l /dev/shm/
 fi
 
-# Create tmpfs for /dev
-echo "Creating tmpfs at /dev"
-mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /dev -o size=64k,mode=0755
+mdev_dash_s PLACEHOLDER_1
 
 # Register mdev as hotplug event helper
 echo "$MDEV" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
 
-# Populate /dev from /sys info
-echo "Populating /dev using mdev"
-$MDEV -s
+mdev_dash_s PLACEHOLDER_2
 
 # Touch .udev to inform scripts that /dev needs no further setup
 touch /dev/.udev