diff --git a/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.1-r1.ebuild b/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
index 43b64498605..a30e0e5adc8 100644
--- a/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/cronie-crond/cronie/archive/${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="ISC BSD BSD-2 GPL-2"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ia64 ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~s390 ~sh sparc x86"
-IUSE="+anacron +inotify pam selinux"
+IUSE="+anacron +inotify pam selinux legacy-init-crond legacy-init-vixiecron"
 
 DEPEND="pam? ( virtual/pam )
 	anacron? ( !sys-process/anacron )"
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ src_install() {
 		insinto /etc/cron.d
 		doins contrib/dailyjobs
 	fi
+	
+	if use legacy-init-crond ; then
+		cd ${D}
+		ln -s cronie crond
+	fi
+
+	if use legacy-init-vixiecron ; then
+		cd ${D}
+		ln -s cronie vixie-cron
+	fi
 
 	einstalldocs
 }