diff --git a/pkg/gentoo/files/sems.confd b/pkg/gentoo/files/sems.confd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b6ac9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gentoo/files/sems.confd
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# /etc/conf.d/sems: config file for /etc/init.d/sems
+
+# sems configuration file
+#SEMS_CFG_FILE="/etc/sems/sems.conf"
+
+# user to run sems as
+#SEMS_USER="sems"
+
+# group to run sems as
+#SEMS_GROUP="sems"
+
+# sems pidfile
+#SEMS_PIDFILE="/var/run/sems.pid"
+
+# set to true if you want to create core files
+#SEMS_CREATE_CORE="true"
+
+# path to use for core files
+#SEMS_COREDIR="/var/cores"
+
+# must be absolute path
+#SEMS_BINARY="/usr/sbin/sems"
+
+
diff --git a/pkg/gentoo/files/sems.rc6 b/pkg/gentoo/files/sems.rc6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b09bd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gentoo/files/sems.rc6
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/sbin/runscript
+#
+
+depend() {
+	use logger dns
+	need net
+}
+
+SEMS_CFG_FILE=${SEMS_CFG_FILE:-/etc/sems/sems.conf}
+SEMS_PIDFILE=${SEMS_PIDFILE:-/var/run/sems.pid}
+SEMS_CREATE_CORE=${SEMS_CREATE_CORE:-true}
+SEMS_COREDIR=${SEMS_COREDIR:-/var/core}
+SEMS_BINARY=${SEMS_BINARY:-/usr/sbin/sems}
+
+checkconfig() {
+	if [ ! -f "${SEMS_CFG_FILE}" ] ; then
+		eerror "You need a "${SEMS_CFG_FILE}" file to run sems"
+		return 1;
+	fi
+}
+
+
+start() {
+    local myopts=""
+
+    [ "${SEMS_USER}" != "" ] && \
+	myopts="${myopts} -u ${SEMS_USER}"
+
+    [ "${SEMS_GROUP}" != "" ] && \
+	myopts="${myopts} -g ${SEMS_GROUP}"
+
+
+    checkconfig || return 1
+
+    if test "$SEMS_CREATE_CORE" = "true" ; then
+	# directory for the core dump files
+	[ -d $SEMS_COREDIR ] || mkdir $SEMS_COREDIR
+	chmod 777 $SEMS_COREDIR
+	echo "$SEMS_COREDIR/core.%e.sig%s.%p" > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
+	ulimit -c unlimited
+    fi
+
+    ebegin "Starting ${SVCNAME}"
+	start-stop-daemon --start --exec "${SEMS_BINARY}" \
+	    --pidfile "${SEMS_PIDFILE}" \
+	    -- \
+	    -f "${SEMS_CFG_FILE}" \
+	    ${myopts} 
+    eend $?
+}
+
+stop() {
+	if [ "${RC_CMD}" = "restart" ] ; then
+		checkconfig || return 1
+	fi
+
+	ebegin "Stopping ${SVCNAME}"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --exec "${SEMS_BINARY}" \
+	    --pidfile "${SEMS_PIDFILE}" --quiet
+	eend $?
+}
diff --git a/pkg/gentoo/sems-1.0.0_pre20080412.ebuild b/pkg/gentoo/sems-1.0.0_pre20080412.ebuild
index 40a42190..90bedf05 100644
--- a/pkg/gentoo/sems-1.0.0_pre20080412.ebuild
+++ b/pkg/gentoo/sems-1.0.0_pre20080412.ebuild
@@ -21,15 +21,17 @@ DEPEND=">=media-libs/spandsp-0.0.4_pre18
 	>=dev-lang/python-2.4.4-r4"
 
 src_compile () {
-    if [ -x ./configure ]; then
-        econf
-    fi
-    if [ -f Makefile ] || [ -f GNUmakefile ] || [ -f makefile ]; then
-        emake PREFIX=/usr RELEASE=${PVR} || die "emake failed"
-    fi
+	if [ -x ./configure ]; then
+		econf
+	fi
+	if [ -f Makefile ] || [ -f GNUmakefile ] || [ -f makefile ]; then
+		emake PREFIX=/usr RELEASE=${PVR} || die "emake failed"
+	fi
 }
 
 src_install () {
 	emake PREFIX=/usr cfg-target="/etc/sems/" DESTDIR="${D}" install || die
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/sems.rc6 sems
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/sems.confd sems
 	dodoc README
 }