--- a/core/rc/rc.init	Fri Jul 05 21:47:24 2019 +0200
+++ b/core/rc/rc.init	Sat Jul 06 16:49:51 2019 +0200
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 fi
 
 if [ -x /bin/sysctl ]; then
-	echo "Setting kernel parameters."
+	echo "Setting kernel parameters"
 	/bin/sysctl -p >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
 
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@
 	/bin/ldconfig
 fi
 
-if [ -n "$TIMEZONE" ]; then
+if [ -n "$TIMEZONE" ] && [ "$TIMEZONE" != "UTC" ]; then
 	echo -n "Setting timezone: "
 
 	if [ -f /share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE ]; then
 		/bin/ln -sf /share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE /etc/localtime
 		echo "$TIMEZONE."
 	else
-		echo "$TIMEZONE not found."
+		echo "$TIMEZONE not found"
 	fi
 fi
 
@@ -129,3 +129,21 @@
 
 # Cleanup some files.
 rm -f /etc/forcefsck
+
+#
+# When running Vanilla busybox's init which has no inittab support, run
+# /etc/rc.start to bring up user defined services. Since runlevels are also
+# unsupported, we specify the maximum number which is 5.
+#
+# sysvinit defines INIT_VERSION environment variable which is not present in
+# busybox init.
+#
+if [ -z "$INIT_VERSION" ]; then
+	if [ -x /etc/rc.start ]; then
+		/etc/rc.start 5
+	fi
+
+	if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
+		/etc/rc.local
+	fi
+fi