diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc
index 21f2200d19..d4941a21a1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc
@@ -297,3 +297,6 @@ CONFFILES:nscd = "${sysconfdir}/nscd.conf"
 
 SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "nscd"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:nscd = "nscd.service"
+
+INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES = "nscd"
+INITSCRIPT_NAME = "nscd"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
index 3bb935e223..7403eb845a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ HASHEQUIV_HASH_VERSION .= ".1"
 
 PROVIDES = "virtual/libc"
 PROVIDES += "virtual/libintl virtual/libiconv"
-inherit autotools texinfo systemd
+inherit autotools texinfo systemd update-rc.d
 
 LEAD_SONAME = "libc.so"