diff --git a/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.%.bbappend b/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.%.bbappend
index 0600ab2a..96b4ac57 100644
--- a/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.%.bbappend
@@ -1,16 +1,2 @@
-do_install_append() {
+require ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'virtualization', '${BPN}_virtualization.inc', '', d)}
 
-	echo                  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo success \(\) \{  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo \ \ \ \ echo \$* >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo \}               >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo failure \(\) \{  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo \ \ \ \ echo \$* >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo \}               >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo warning \(\) \{  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo \ \ \ \ echo \$* >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo \}               >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo begin \(\) \{  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo \ \ \ \ echo \$* >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo \}               >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-}
diff --git a/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_virtualization.inc b/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_virtualization.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0600ab2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_virtualization.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+do_install_append() {
+
+	echo                  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo success \(\) \{  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo \ \ \ \ echo \$* >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo \}               >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo failure \(\) \{  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo \ \ \ \ echo \$* >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo \}               >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo warning \(\) \{  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo \ \ \ \ echo \$* >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo \}               >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo begin \(\) \{  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo \ \ \ \ echo \$* >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	echo \}               >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+}