diff --git a/packages/sys-apps/metalog/files/metalog.confd b/packages/sys-apps/metalog/files/metalog.confd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f70ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sys-apps/metalog/files/metalog.confd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# /etc/conf.d/metalog
+# $Header: /var/www/viewcvs.gentoo.org/raw_cvs/gentoo-x86/app-admin/metalog/files/metalog.confd,v 1.7 2006/02/08 01:04:02 vapier Exp $
+
+# Some useful options:
+#  -a   Log with buffering
+#  -s   Log without buffering
+# See `metalog --help` for more
+
+METALOG_OPTS=""
+
+
+# Options used by /usr/sbin/consolelog.sh
+
+# Space delimited list of devices to write "console" messages to
+#CONSOLE="/dev/console /dev/tty10"
+CONSOLE="/dev/tty10"
+
+# Format of logging (make sure you use single quotes)
+FORMAT='$1 [$2] $3'
diff --git a/packages/sys-apps/metalog/files/metalog.initd b/packages/sys-apps/metalog/files/metalog.initd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1947da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sys-apps/metalog/files/metalog.initd
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright 1999-2008 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/www/viewcvs.gentoo.org/raw_cvs/gentoo-x86/app-admin/metalog/files/metalog.initd,v 1.4 2009/01/02 07:56:34 vapier Exp $
+
+opts="buffer unbuffer"
+
+PIDFILE=/var/run/metalog.pid
+
+depend() {
+	need localmount
+	use clock hostname
+	after bootmisc
+	provide logger
+}
+
+start() {
+	ebegin "Starting metalog"
+	start-stop-daemon --start --exec /usr/sbin/metalog \
+	    --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" \
+	    -- --daemonize --pidfile="${PIDFILE}" ${METALOG_OPTS}
+	eend $?
+}
+
+stop() {
+	ebegin "Stopping metalog"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --exec /usr/sbin/metalog \
+	    --pidfile "${PIDFILE}"
+	eend $?
+}
+
+buffer() {
+	ebegin "Enabling log buffering"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --signal USR2 \
+	    --exec /usr/sbin/metalog --pidfile "${PIDFILE}"
+	eend $?
+}
+
+unbuffer() {
+	ebegin "Disabling log buffering"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --signal USR1 \
+	    --exec /usr/sbin/metalog --pidfile "${PIDFILE}"
+	eend $?
+}
diff --git a/packages/sys-apps/metalog/metalog-0.9.exheres-0 b/packages/sys-apps/metalog/metalog-1.exheres-0
similarity index 86%
rename from packages/sys-apps/metalog/metalog-0.9.exheres-0
rename to packages/sys-apps/metalog/metalog-1.exheres-0
index 5c8e58c..1d8a747 100644
--- a/packages/sys-apps/metalog/metalog-0.9.exheres-0
+++ b/packages/sys-apps/metalog/metalog-1.exheres-0
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 require metalog
 
 SLOT="0"
-PLATFORMS="~amd64"
+PLATFORMS="~amd64 ~x86"
 
diff --git a/packages/sys-apps/metalog/metalog.exlib b/packages/sys-apps/metalog/metalog.exlib
index 727d2c6..903eb4f 100644
--- a/packages/sys-apps/metalog/metalog.exlib
+++ b/packages/sys-apps/metalog/metalog.exlib
@@ -24,3 +24,10 @@ REMOTE_IDS="freshmeat:${PN} sourceforge:${PN}"
 
 UPSTREAM_DOCUMENTATION="${HOMEPAGE}/README"
 
+src_install() {
+    default
+
+    newinitd "${FILES}/metalog.initd" metalog
+    newconfd "${FILES}/metalog.confd" metalog
+}
+