@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 conf.d/Makefile     |    2 +-
 conf.d/killprocs    |    4 ++++
 init.d/killprocs.in |   12 ++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 conf.d/killprocs
--- a/conf.d/Makefile	
+++ a/conf.d/Makefile	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 DIR=	${CONFDIR}
-CONF=	bootmisc fsck hostname localmount network staticroute urandom
+CONF=	bootmisc fsck hostname killprocs localmount network staticroute urandom
 
 TARGETS+=	network staticroute
 CLEANFILES+=	network staticroute
--- a/conf.d/killprocs	
+++ a/conf.d/killprocs	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ 
+# This variable contains a space-delimited list of PIDs which will
+# not be killed by the killprocs initscript
+
+# DONTKILL_PIDS="42 566"
--- a/init.d/killprocs.in	
+++ a/init.d/killprocs.in	
@@ -12,11 +12,19 @@ depend()
 start()
 {
 	ebegin "Terminating remaining processes"
-	killall5 -15
+	local dontkill
+	if [ -n "${DONTKILL_PIDS}" ]; then
+		for pid in ${DONTKILL_PIDS}; do
+			dontkill=${dontkill},$pid
+		done
+		dontkill=${dontkill#,}
+		[ -n "${dontkill}" ] && dontkill="-o ${dontkill}"
+	fi
+	killall5 -15 ${dontkill}
 	sleep 1
 	eend 0
 	ebegin "Killing remaining processes"
-	killall5 -9
+	killall5 -9 ${dontkill}
 	sleep 1
 	eend 0
 }
--