diff --git a/mail-filter/mimedefang/files/mimedefang.init b/mail-filter/mimedefang/files/mimedefang.init
index 19819a9fd6c91..efe52c673cb17 100644
--- a/mail-filter/mimedefang/files/mimedefang.init
+++ b/mail-filter/mimedefang/files/mimedefang.init
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/sbin/runscript
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
 #
 # Generic start/stop script for MIMEDefang.  Should work on most
 # flavors of UNIX.