diff --git a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.20.2-r2.ebuild b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.20.2-r2.ebuild
index f14534027d699..f7d156f217949 100644
--- a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.20.2-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.20.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ src_install() {
 	rm -r "${ED}"/etc || die "rm failed"
 	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die "Removing .la files failed"
 
-	newinitd ${PN}.init ${PN}
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.init ${PN}
 	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf ${PN}
 }
 
diff --git a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild
index 07b9716f2970c..bb39d825d04c1 100644
--- a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ src_install() {
 	rm -r "${ED}"/etc || die "rm failed"
 	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die "Removing .la files failed"
 
-	newinitd ${PN}.init ${PN}
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.init ${PN}
 	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf ${PN}
 }
 
diff --git a/sci-misc/boinc/files/boinc.init.in b/sci-misc/boinc/files/boinc.init
similarity index 100%
rename from sci-misc/boinc/files/boinc.init.in
rename to sci-misc/boinc/files/boinc.init