diff --git a/contrib/init/openrc/docker.confd b/contrib/init/openrc/docker.confd
index 53bab813a9..2d73d34758 100644
--- a/contrib/init/openrc/docker.confd
+++ b/contrib/init/openrc/docker.confd
@@ -25,5 +25,8 @@
 # where the docker daemon itself is run from
 #DOCKERD_BINARY="/usr/bin/dockerd"
 
+# containerd service name
+#CONTAINERD_SVC="containerd"
+
 # any other random options you want to pass to docker
 DOCKER_OPTS=""
diff --git a/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd b/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd
index 61d8906f36..ddc5fe2cc5 100644
--- a/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd
+++ b/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rc_ulimit="${DOCKER_ULIMIT:--c unlimited -n 524288 -u unlimited}"
 retry="${DOCKER_RETRY:-TERM/60/KILL/10}"
 
 depend() {
-	need containerd
+	need ${CONTAINERD_SVC:-containerd}
 }
 
 start_pre() {