--- apache-couchdb-0.8.1-incubating/configure.ac~	2008-06-17 01:47:54.000000000 +0300
+++ apache-couchdb-0.8.1-incubating/configure.ac	2008-11-03 14:32:20.470999260 +0200
@@ -151,7 +151,11 @@
 
 if test "$use_init" = "yes"; then
    AC_MSG_CHECKING(location of init directory)
-   if test -d /etc/rc.d; then
+   if test -d /etc/rc.d/init.d; then
+       init_enabled=true
+       AC_SUBST([initdir], ['${sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d'])
+       AC_MSG_RESULT(${initdir})
+   elif test -d /etc/rc.d; then
        init_enabled=true
        AC_SUBST([initdir], ['${sysconfdir}/rc.d'])
        AC_MSG_RESULT(${initdir})