diff --git a/sys-utils/cartesi-init/cartesi-init b/sys-utils/cartesi-init/cartesi-init
index 13863fe9..7e9fa086 100755
--- a/sys-utils/cartesi-init/cartesi-init
+++ b/sys-utils/cartesi-init/cartesi-init
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ busybox stty -onlcr
 export PATH
 [ -f /etc/environment ] && . /etc/environment
 
+# execute scripts in cartesi-init.d
+[ -d /etc/cartesi-init.d ] && for f in /etc/cartesi-init.d/*; do [ -x $f ] && . $f; done
+
 # execute init from device tree when available
 [ -f /proc/device-tree/cartesi-machine/init ] && . /proc/device-tree/cartesi-machine/init