diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e4fc849f25..9405de144b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([pammoddir], [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-pammoddir],
               [pammoddir=$libdir/security])
 AC_SUBST(pammoddir)
 
+#Include here cause WITH_INIT_DIR requires $osname set in platform.m4
+m4_include([src/external/platform.m4])
+
 m4_include(src/conf_macros.m4)
 WITH_DB_PATH
 WITH_PLUGIN_PATH
@@ -87,7 +90,6 @@ WITH_NSCD
 WITH_SEMANAGE
 WITH_LIBNL
 
-m4_include([src/external/platform.m4])
 m4_include([src/external/pkg.m4])
 m4_include([src/external/libpopt.m4])
 m4_include([src/external/libtalloc.m4])
diff --git a/src/conf_macros.m4 b/src/conf_macros.m4
index cb4b325576..5898bc7f12 100644
--- a/src/conf_macros.m4
+++ b/src/conf_macros.m4
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([WITH_INIT_DIR],
                 ]
                )
     initdir="${sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d"
+    if test x$osname == xgentoo; then
+        initdir="${sysconfdir}/init.d"
+    fi
     if test x"$with_init_dir" != x; then
         initdir=$with_init_dir
     fi