diff --git a/sys-apps/keyd/files/keyd.init b/sys-apps/keyd/files/keyd.init
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53d7824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/keyd/files/keyd.init
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+name="keyd daemon"
+description=""
+command=/usr/bin/keyd
+command_args="${keyd_args}"
+command_background=true
+pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
+start_stop_daemon_args='-N -20'
+
+depend() {
+	need localmount
+	before display-manager
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/keyd/keyd-2.4.3.ebuild b/sys-apps/keyd/keyd-2.4.3.ebuild
index 18b6400..377f0a8 100644
--- a/sys-apps/keyd/keyd-2.4.3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/keyd/keyd-2.4.3.ebuild
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ BDEPEND=""
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/Makefile.patch
 )
+
+src_install() {
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/keyd.init" keyd
+}