--- a/src/rc/Makefile	
+++ a/src/rc/Makefile	
@@ -45,6 +45,20 @@ include ${MK}/${MKTERMCAP}.mk
 LDADD+=		${LIBDL} ${LIBKVM}
 include ${MK}/${MKPAM}.mk
 
+# create symlinks to rc if not an SELINUX system, otherwise create a wrapper
+# script to call rc with the proper name of the applet to execute.
+# $1 is the name of the link
+# $2 is the path+name of the target to link to (usually 'rc' or '/sbin/rc')
+# $3 is the path where the link is created
+define make-link
+	if test -n "${MKSELINUX}"; then \
+		printf '#!/bin/sh\nexec ${2} --applet %s "$$@"\n' ${1} >${3}/${1}; \
+		chmod ${BINMODE} ${3}/${1}; \
+	else \
+		ln -sf ${2} ${3}/${1}; \
+	fi;
+endef
+
 ${SRCS}: version.h
 
 .PHONY:	version.h.tmp
@@ -61,13 +75,17 @@ install: all
 	${INSTALL} -d ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
 	${INSTALL} -m ${BINMODE} ${PROG} ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
 	${INSTALL} -d ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}
-	for x in ${BINLINKS}; do ln -fs ${SBINDIR}/${PROG} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/$$x; done
+	$(foreach x,${BINLINKS}, \
+		$(call make-link,${x},${SBINDIR}/${PROG},${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}))
 	${INSTALL} -d ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
-	for x in ${SBINLINKS}; do ln -fs ${PROG} ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}/$$x; done
+	$(foreach x,${SBINLINKS}, \
+		$(call make-link,${x},${PROG},${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}))
 	${INSTALL} -d ${DESTDIR}${LINKDIR}/bin
-	for x in $(RC_BINLINKS); do ln -fs ${SBINDIR}/${PROG} ${DESTDIR}${LINKDIR}/bin/$$x; done
+	$(foreach x,${RC_BINLINKS}, \
+		$(call make-link,${x},${SBINDIR}/${PROG},${DESTDIR}${LINKDIR}/bin))
 	${INSTALL} -d ${DESTDIR}${LINKDIR}/sbin
-	for x in ${RC_SBINLINKS}; do ln -fs ${SBINDIR}/${PROG} ${DESTDIR}${LINKDIR}/sbin/$$x; done
+	$(foreach x,${RC_SBINLINKS}, \
+		$(call make-link,${x},${SBINDIR}/${PROG},${DESTDIR}${LINKDIR}/sbin))
 	if test "${MKPAM}" = pam; then \
 		${INSTALL} -d ${DESTDIR}${PAMDIR}; \
 		${INSTALL} -m ${PAMMODE} start-stop-daemon.pam ${DESTDIR}${PAMDIR}/start-stop-daemon; \
@@ -76,4 +94,4 @@ install: all
 check test::
 
 links: rc
-	for l in ${ALL_LINKS}; do ln -sf rc $$l || exit $$? ; done
+	$(foreach x,${ALL_LINKS},$(call make-link, ${x},rc,.))