--- /usr/portage/app-emulation/lxc/files/lxc.initd	2011-10-19 19:51:48.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/portage/app-emulation/lxc/files/lxc.initd	2011-11-11 15:36:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -20,6 +20,23 @@ 
 
 [ $CONTAINER != $SVCNAME ] && CONFIGFILE=${CONFIGFILE:-$(lxc_get_configfile)}
 
+lxc_try_script() {
+       SCRIPT_TYPE=$1
+       SCRIPT_NAME=""
+       if [ -f "/etc/lxc/${CONTAINER}.${SCRIPT_TYPE}" ]; then
+                SCRIPT_NAME="/etc/lxc/${CONTAINER}.${SCRIPT_TYPE}"
+        elif [ -f "/etc/lxc/${CONTAINER}/${SCRIPT_TYPE}" ]; then
+                SCRIPT_NAME="/etc/lxc/${CONTAINER}/${SCRIPT_TYPE}"
+        fi
+       if [ "${SCRIPT_NAME}" != "" ]
+       then
+               ebegin "Starting ${SCRIPT_NAME}"
+               ${SCRIPT_NAME}
+               eend $?
+       fi
+}
+
+
 lxc_get_var() {
 	awk 'BEGIN { FS="[ \t]*=[ \t]*" } $1 == "'$1'" { print $2; exit }' ${CONFIGFILE}
 }
@@ -91,14 +108,18 @@ 
 		ELFCLASS64:ELFCLASS32:) setarch=linux32;;
 	esac
 
+	lxc_try_script preup
+
 	ebegin "Starting ${CONTAINER}"
-	env -i ${setarch} $(type -p lxc-start) -l WARN -n ${CONTAINER} -f ${CONFIGFILE} -d -o /var/log/lxc/${CONTAINER}.log
+	env -i ${setarch} $(type -p lxc-start) -l DEBUG -n ${CONTAINER} -f ${CONFIGFILE} -d -o /var/log/lxc/${CONTAINER}.log
 	sleep 0.5
 
 	# lxc-start -d will _always_ report a correct startup, even if it
 	# failed, so rather than trust that, check that the cgroup exists.
 	[ -d ${cgroupmount}/${CONTAINER} ]
-	eend $?
+	started=$?
+	eend ${started}
+	[[ ${started} == 0 ]] && lxc_try_script postup
 }
 
 stop() {
@@ -111,6 +132,7 @@ 
 	    return 0
 	fi
 
+	lxc_try_script predown
 	init_pid=$(lxc-info -n ${CONTAINER} --pid | cut -d: -f 2)
 
 	if [ "${init_pid}" = "-1" ]; then
@@ -135,5 +157,7 @@ 
 
 	ebegin "Stopping ${CONTAINER}"
 	lxc-stop -n ${CONTAINER}
-	eend $?
+	stopped=$?
+	eend ${stopped}
+	[[ ${stopped} == 0 ]] && lxc_try_script postdown
 }