@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 src/rc/runscript.c |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
--- a/src/rc/runscript.c	
+++ a/src/rc/runscript.c	
@@ -1112,6 +1112,13 @@ runscript(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
+	if (!exists(RC_SVCDIR "/softlevel")) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "OpenRC is not running. Running the script may result in unexpected\n"
+				"behavior. If you'd like to force doing so, please run:\n"
+				"\ttouch " RC_SVCDIR "/softlevel\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
 	if (stat(argv[1], &stbuf) != 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "runscript `%s': %s\n",
 		    argv[1], strerror(errno));
--