diff --git a/app-emulation/lxc/files/lxc.initd.2 b/app-emulation/lxc/files/lxc.initd.2
index 72680d8..9e5debd 100644
--- a/app-emulation/lxc/files/lxc.initd.2
+++ b/app-emulation/lxc/files/lxc.initd.2
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ lxc_get_var() {
 	awk 'BEGIN { FS="[ \t]*=[ \t]*" } $1 == "'$1'" { print $2; exit }' ${CONFIGFILE}
 }
 
+lxc_get_net_link_type() {
+	awk 'BEGIN { FS="[ \t]*=[ \t]*"; _link=""; _type="" }
+		$1 == "lxc.network.type" {_type=$2;}
+		$1 == "lxc.network.link" {_link=$2;}
+		{if(_link != "" && _type != ""){
+			printf("%s:%s\n", _link, _type );
+			_link=""; _type="";
+		}; }' <${CONFIGFILE}
+}
+
 checkconfig() {
 	if [ ${CONTAINER} = ${SVCNAME} ]; then
 		eerror "You have to create an init script for each container:"
@@ -50,24 +60,19 @@ depend() {
 	config ${CONFIGFILE}
 	need localmount
 
-	# find out which network interface the container is linked to,
-	# and then require that to be enabled, so that the
-	# dependencies are correct.
-	netif=$(lxc_get_var lxc.network.link)
-
-	# when the network type is set to phys, we can make use of a
-	# network service (for instance to set it up before we disable
-	# the net_admin capability), but we might also not set it up
-	# at all on the host and leave the net_admin capable service
-	# to take care of it.
-	nettype=$(lxc_get_var lxc.network.type)
-
-	if [ -n "${netif}" ]; then
-	    case "${nettype}" in
-		phys)	use net.${netif} ;;
-		*)	need net.${netif} ;;
-	    esac
-	fi
+	local _x _if
+	for _x in $(lxc_get_net_link_type); do
+		_if=${_x%:*}
+		case "${_x##*:}" in
+			# when the network type is set to phys, we can make use of a
+			# network service (for instance to set it up before we disable
+			# the net_admin capability), but we might also not set it up
+			# at all on the host and leave the net_admin capable service
+			# to take care of it.
+			phys)	use net.${_if} ;;
+			*)	need net.${_if} ;;
+		esac
+	done
 }
 
 start() {