diff --git a/bin/tklpatch-chroot b/bin/tklpatch-chroot
index ca9c738..2b5b236 100755
--- a/bin/tklpatch-chroot
+++ b/bin/tklpatch-chroot
@@ -1,6 +1,136 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 # Copyright (c) 2009 Alon Swartz <alon@turnkeylinux.org> - all rights reserved
 
+write_dummy_initctl() {
+    root=$1
+
+    cat>$root/sbin/initctl<<'EOF'
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -u
+${DEBIAN_SCRIPT_DEBUG:+ set -v -x}
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+ERR_LOGGER="logger -p daemon.err -t /etc/init.d/mysql -i"
+MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
+
+mysqld_get_param() {
+        /usr/sbin/mysqld --print-defaults \
+                | tr " " "\n" \
+                | grep -- "--$1" \
+                | tail -n 1 \
+                | cut -d= -f2
+}
+
+mysqld_status () {
+    ping_output=`$MYADMIN ping 2>&1`; ping_alive=$(( ! $? ))
+
+    ps_alive=0
+    pidfile=`mysqld_get_param pid-file`
+    if [ -f "$pidfile" ] && ps `cat $pidfile` >/dev/null 2>&1; then ps_alive=1; fi
+
+    if [ "$1" = "check_alive"  -a  $ping_alive = 1 ] ||
+       [ "$1" = "check_dead"   -a  $ping_alive = 0  -a  $ps_alive = 0 ]; then
+        return 0 # EXIT_SUCCESS
+    else
+        if [ "$2" = "warn" ]; then
+            echo -e "$ps_alive processes alive and '$MYADMIN ping' resulted in\n$ping_output\n" | $ERR_LOGGER -p daemon.debug
+        fi
+        return 1 # EXIT_FAILURE
+    fi
+}
+
+start_mysql()
+{
+    test -x /usr/sbin/mysqld || exit 0
+
+    log_daemon_msg "Starting MySQL database server" "mysqld"
+    if mysqld_status check_alive nowarn; then
+       log_progress_msg "already running"
+       log_end_msg 0
+    else
+        /usr/bin/mysqld_safe > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+        # 6s was reported in #352070 to be too few when using ndbcluster
+        for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14; do
+            sleep 1
+            if mysqld_status check_alive nowarn ; then break; fi
+            log_progress_msg "."
+        done
+        if mysqld_status check_alive warn; then
+            log_end_msg 0
+            # Now start mysqlcheck or whatever the admin wants.
+            output=$(/etc/mysql/debian-start)
+            [ -n "$output" ] && log_action_msg "$output"
+        else
+            log_end_msg 1
+            log_failure_msg "Please take a look at the syslog"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+stop_mysql()
+{
+        # * As a passwordless mysqladmin (e.g. via ~/.my.cnf) must be possible
+        # at least for cron, we can rely on it here, too. (although we have
+        # to specify it explicit as e.g. sudo environments points to the normal
+        # users home and not /root)
+        log_daemon_msg "Stopping MySQL database server" "mysqld"
+        if ! mysqld_status check_dead nowarn; then
+          set +e
+          shutdown_out=`$MYADMIN shutdown 2>&1`; r=$?
+          set -e
+          if [ "$r" -ne 0 ]; then
+            log_end_msg 1
+            [ "$VERBOSE" != "no" ] && log_failure_msg "Error: $shutdown_out"
+            log_daemon_msg "Killing MySQL database server by signal" "mysqld"
+            killall -15 mysqld
+            server_down=
+            for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
+              sleep 1
+              if mysqld_status check_dead nowarn; then server_down=1; break; fi
+            done
+          if test -z "$server_down"; then killall -9 mysqld; fi
+          fi
+        fi
+}
+
+start()
+{
+    if [ "$1" == "mysql" ]; then
+        start_mysql
+    fi
+
+}
+
+stop()
+{
+    if [ "$1" == "mysql" ]; then
+        stop_mysql
+    fi
+}
+
+op=$(basename $0)
+service=$1
+
+case "$op" in
+    start)
+        start $1
+        ;;
+
+    stop)
+        stop $1
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        ;;
+esac
+
+exit
+EOF
+    chmod +x $root/sbin/initctl
+}
+
 fatal() {
     echo "fatal: $@" 1>&2
     exit 1
@@ -39,11 +169,18 @@ command=$@
 
 
 if [ ! "$root" == "/" ]; then
+    if ! [ -f $root/sbin/initctl.distrib ]; then
+        chroot $root dpkg-divert --local --rename --add /sbin/initctl 
+        write_dummy_initctl $root
+        traphook="rm $root/sbin/initctl; chroot $root dpkg-divert --local --rename --remove /sbin/initctl;"
+    fi
+
     resolvconf=$root/etc/resolv.conf
     if ! [ -f $root/etc/debian_chroot ]; then
         echo tklpatch > $root/etc/debian_chroot
-        traphook="rm -f /etc/debian_chroot;"
+        traphook="${traphook}rm -f /etc/debian_chroot;"
     fi
+
     if ! [ -f $resolvconf.bak ]; then
         mv $resolvconf $resolvconf.bak
         cp /etc/resolv.conf $resolvconf