diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/service/init.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/service/init.rb
index f13e9c8e1..2a54db24f 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/service/init.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/service/init.rb
@@ -1,134 +1,136 @@
 # The standard init-based service type.  Many other service types are
 # customizations of this module.
 Puppet::Type.type(:service).provide :init, :parent => :base do
   desc "Standard `init`-style service management."
 
   class << self
     attr_accessor :defpath
   end
 
   case Facter["operatingsystem"].value
   when "FreeBSD"
     @defpath = ["/etc/rc.d", "/usr/local/etc/rc.d"]
   when "HP-UX"
     @defpath = "/sbin/init.d"
+  when "Archlinux"
+    @defpath = "/etc/rc.d"
   else
     @defpath = "/etc/init.d"
   end
 
   # We can't confine this here, because the init path can be overridden.
   #confine :exists => @defpath
 
   # List all services of this type.
   def self.instances
     get_services(self.defpath)
   end
 
   def self.get_services(defpath, exclude=[])
     defpath = [defpath] unless defpath.is_a? Array
     instances = []
     defpath.each do |path|
       unless FileTest.directory?(path)
         Puppet.debug "Service path #{path} does not exist"
         next
       end
 
       check = [:ensure]
 
       check << :enable if public_method_defined? :enabled?
 
       Dir.entries(path).each do |name|
         fullpath = File.join(path, name)
         next if name =~ /^\./
         next if exclude.include? name
         next if not FileTest.executable?(fullpath)
         instances << new(:name => name, :path => path, :hasstatus => true)
       end
     end
     instances
   end
 
   # Mark that our init script supports 'status' commands.
   def hasstatus=(value)
     case value
     when true, "true"; @parameters[:hasstatus] = true
     when false, "false"; @parameters[:hasstatus] = false
     else
       raise Puppet::Error, "Invalid 'hasstatus' value #{value.inspect}"
     end
   end
 
   # Where is our init script?
   def initscript
     @initscript ||= self.search(@resource[:name])
   end
 
   def paths
     @paths ||= @resource[:path].find_all do |path|
       if File.directory?(path)
         true
       else
         if File.exist?(path) and ! File.directory?(path)
           self.debug "Search path #{path} is not a directory"
         else
           self.debug "Search path #{path} does not exist"
         end
         false
       end
     end
   end
 
   def search(name)
     paths.each { |path|
       fqname = File.join(path,name)
       begin
         stat = File.stat(fqname)
       rescue
         # should probably rescue specific errors...
         self.debug("Could not find #{name} in #{path}")
         next
       end
 
       # if we've gotten this far, we found a valid script
       return fqname
     }
 
     paths.each { |path|
       fqname_sh = File.join(path,"#{name}.sh")
       begin
         stat = File.stat(fqname_sh)
       rescue
         # should probably rescue specific errors...
         self.debug("Could not find #{name}.sh in #{path}")
         next
       end
 
       # if we've gotten this far, we found a valid script
       return fqname_sh
     }
     raise Puppet::Error, "Could not find init script for '#{name}'"
   end
 
   # The start command is just the init scriptwith 'start'.
   def startcmd
     [initscript, :start]
   end
 
   # The stop command is just the init script with 'stop'.
   def stopcmd
     [initscript, :stop]
   end
 
   def restartcmd
     (@resource[:hasrestart] == :true) && [initscript, :restart]
   end
 
   # If it was specified that the init script has a 'status' command, then
   # we just return that; otherwise, we return false, which causes it to
   # fallback to other mechanisms.
   def statuscmd
     (@resource[:hasstatus] == :true) && [initscript, :status]
   end
 
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/integration/provider/service/init_spec.rb b/spec/integration/provider/service/init_spec.rb
index c209475bf..483507d5f 100755
--- a/spec/integration/provider/service/init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/provider/service/init_spec.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rspec
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 provider = Puppet::Type.type(:service).provider(:init)
 
 describe provider, :'fails_on_ruby_1.9.2' => true do
   describe "when running on FreeBSD", :if => (Facter.value(:operatingsystem) == "FreeBSD") do
-    it "should set its default path to include /etc/init.d and /usr/local/etc/init.d" do
+    it "should set its default path to include /etc/rc.d and /usr/local/etc/rc.d" do
       provider.defpath.should == ["/etc/rc.d", "/usr/local/etc/rc.d"]
     end
   end
 
   describe "when running on HP-UX", :if => (Facter.value(:operatingsystem) == "HP-UX") do
     it "should set its default path to include /sbin/init.d" do
       provider.defpath.should == "/sbin/init.d"
     end
   end
 
-  describe "when not running on FreeBSD or HP-UX", :if => (! %w{HP-UX FreeBSD}.include?(Facter.value(:operatingsystem))) do
+  describe "when running on Archlinux", :if => (Facter.value(:operatingsystem) == "Archlinux") do
+    it "should set its default path to include /etc/rc.d" do
+      provider.defpath.should == "/etc/rc.d"
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "when not running on FreeBSD, HP-UX or Archlinux", :if => (! %w{HP-UX FreeBSD Archlinux}.include?(Facter.value(:operatingsystem))) do
     it "should set its default path to include /etc/init.d" do
       provider.defpath.should == "/etc/init.d"
     end
   end
 end