diff --git a/lfs/initscripts b/lfs/initscripts
index 563fe6070..c56b2b97a 100644
--- a/lfs/initscripts
+++ b/lfs/initscripts
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ $(TARGET) :
 	ln -sf ../init.d/swap        /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S90swap
 	ln -sf ../init.d/halt        /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S99halt
 	ln -sf ../init.d/sysklogd    /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S10sysklogd
+	ln -sf ../init.d/smartenabler /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S19smartenabler
 	ln -sf ../init.d/sysklogd    /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K90sysklogd
 	ln -sf ../init.d/sendsignals /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/S60sendsignals
 	ln -sf ../init.d/mountfs     /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/S70mountfs
diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/smartenabler b/src/initscripts/init.d/smartenabler
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f07fe9093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/smartenabler
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Begin $rc_base/init.d/smartenabler
+
+. /etc/sysconfig/rc
+. $rc_functions
+
+case "$1" in
+	start)
+		for disk in `kudzu -qps -c HD | grep device: | cut -d" " -f2 | sort | uniq`; do 
+		  boot_mesg "Enabling S.M.A.R.T. for $disk ...";
+		  /usr/sbin/smartctl --smart=on /dev/$disk > /dev/nul;
+		  evaluate_retval;
+		done
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		echo "Usage: $0 {start}"
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+# End $rc_base/init.d/smartenabler