diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/irda-utils/irda-utils_0.9.18.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/irda-utils/irda-utils_0.9.18.bb
index a000a786c3..575b0b1918 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/irda-utils/irda-utils_0.9.18.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/irda-utils/irda-utils_0.9.18.bb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "61980551e46b2eaa9e17ad31cbc1a638074611fc33bff34163d10c7a67
 
 export SYS_INCLUDES="-I${STAGING_INCDIR}"
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit autotools update-rc.d
 
 INITSCRIPT_NAME = "irattach"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults 20"