diff --git a/overlay/etc/s6/crash b/overlay/etc/s6/crash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d097e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay/etc/s6/crash
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/command/execlineb -P
+
+# This file is run when an unrecoverable error happens
+# to s6-svscan. Edit it to suit your needs.
+
+cd /
+redirfd -r 0 /dev/console
+redirfd -w 1 /dev/console
+fdmove -c 2 1
+
+foreground { s6-echo "s6-svscan panicked! Dropping to a root shell.\n" }
+
+/bin/sh -i
+
diff --git a/overlay/etc/s6/env/PATH b/overlay/etc/s6/env/PATH
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..415f082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay/etc/s6/env/PATH
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin
diff --git a/overlay/etc/s6/init-stage1 b/overlay/etc/s6/init-stage1
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5833c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay/etc/s6/init-stage1
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/execlineb -P
+
+# This file is the first program run at boot time,
+# as process 1.
+# Edit it to suit your needs.
+
+# Make sure everything is sane and ignore input
+cd /
+umask 022
+fdclose 0
+
+/etc/s6/crash
+
+# This should be printed to the console
+if { s6-echo "* init stage 1" }
+
+
+# Mount /sys and /proc
+if { s6-mount -wt sysfs sys /sysfs }
+if { s6-mount -wt proc proc /procfs }
+
+# Close remaining handles to /dev/console
+fdclose 1 fdclose 2
+
+# Now no process has any open fd to /dev/console (or to
+# anything for that matter).
+# We can safely overwrite the minimal /dev with the real one.
+
+# Reopen stdin/stdout/stderr and make them point to the right places
+redirfd -r 0 /dev/null
+redirfd -wnb 1 /service/s6-svscan-log/fifo # (black magic: doesn't block)
+fdmove -c 2 1
+
+# Load the general environment
+s6-envdir /etc/s6/env
+
+# Start stage 2.
+s6-svscan -t0 /service
+
diff --git a/overlay/etc/s6/init-stage3 b/overlay/etc/s6/init-stage3
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..88d7bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay/etc/s6/init-stage3
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/command/execlineb -S0
+
+# This is the shutdown script, running as process 1.
+
+# Make sure we have no open handle to anywhere else
+# than /dev/console
+cd /
+fdclose 0
+redirfd -w 1 /dev/console
+fdmove -c 2 1
+
+foreground { s6-echo "Syncing disks." }
+foreground { s6-sync }
+
+
+# Even if s6-svscan properly brought all the services down
+# before exec'ing into this script, users might have launched
+# background nohup processes, so we have to kill everything.
+
+foreground { s6-echo "Sending all processes the TERM signal." }
+foreground { s6-nuke -th }
+foreground { s6-sleep 1 }
+foreground { s6-echo "Sending all processes the KILL signal." }
+foreground { s6-nuke -k }
+
+# Here, s6-nuke sends a SIGKILL to every process on the system.
+# It kills itself, but not before the SIGKILL has been broadcast.
+# The "foreground" process runs as process 1, so it survives,
+# and execs into the rest of the script when s6-nuke dies.
+
+# Reap the huge army of zombies we just created
+wait { }
+
+
+foreground { s6-echo "Syncing disks." }
+foreground { s6-sync } # yes, it helps.
+foreground { s6-echo "Unmounting disks." }
+
+# Unmount all your filesystems here, turn off swap,
+# remount / read-only if needed, etc.
+# foreground { s6-umount /mnt/rwfs }
+
+# Reboot, halt or poweroff the machine, depending on the parameter
+# that was given to the script.
+foreground { s6-echo "\nPerforming "${1}"." }
+s6-${1}
+
diff --git a/overlay/service/.s6-svscan/crash b/overlay/service/.s6-svscan/crash
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..432891e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay/service/.s6-svscan/crash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/etc/s6/crash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/overlay/service/.s6-svscan/finish b/overlay/service/.s6-svscan/finish
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..44c7cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay/service/.s6-svscan/finish
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/etc/s6/finish
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/overlay/usr/bin/init b/overlay/usr/bin/init
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..770d588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay/usr/bin/init
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/etc/s6/init-stage1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages b/packages
index 983f6da..3ddcb47 100644
--- a/packages
+++ b/packages
@@ -12,5 +12,3 @@ pacman
 procps-ng
 radvd
 sed
-systemd
-systemd-sysvcompat