diff --git a/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/APKBUILD b/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/APKBUILD
index 0e46d9efa..00421dd15 100644
--- a/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/APKBUILD
+++ b/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # pmbootstrap installs this, if systemd is selected in "pmbootstrap init".
 pkgname=postmarketos-base-systemd
 pkgver=37
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Meta package for running postmarketOS with systemd"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 arch="noarch"
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ depends="
 	systemd-timesyncd
 	tzdata
 	"
+provides="postmarketos-base-init"
+provider_priority=100
 replaces="alpine-baselayout postmarketos-base systemd systemd-logind"
 replaces_priority=100
 install="
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
index fffe165f9..8e971cad6 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgname=postmarketos-base
 pkgver=43
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Meta package for minimal postmarketOS base"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 arch="noarch"
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ prepare() {
 }
 
 package() {
+	# pmos-base-init provided by a subpackage in this APKBUILD, and it may not
+	# exist when this is evaluated at the top level. It's moved into this
+	# function to work around it.
+	depends="$depends postmarketos-base-init"
+
 	local i
 	for i in $_source440; do
 		install -Dm440 "$srcdir/$(flatpath "$i")" "$pkgdir/$i"
@@ -129,7 +134,8 @@ nftables_openrc() {
 }
 
 openrc() {
-	install_if="$pkgname=$pkgver-r$pkgrel openrc"
+	provides="$pkgname-init"
+	provider_priority=10
 	install="$subpkgname.post-install $subpkgname.post-upgrade"
 	replaces="
 		busybox-openrc
@@ -138,9 +144,11 @@ openrc() {
 		zram-init-openrc
 		"
 	depends="
+		!systemd
 		eudev-openrc
 		logbookd
 		logbookd-openrc
+		openrc
 		openssh-server-common-openrc
 		udev-init-scripts-openrc
 		zram-init-openrc