diff --git a/mail-mta/sendmail/files/sendmail b/mail-mta/sendmail/files/sendmail
index a977375b56c3c..e78b0d069899f 100644
--- a/mail-mta/sendmail/files/sendmail
+++ b/mail-mta/sendmail/files/sendmail
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/sbin/runscript
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
 # Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$