diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 44b6985..0dfc055 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ifupdown2 (1.2.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
+  * Fix: debian: install sysvinit script (closes: #918775)
   * Fix: debian: postinst: remove diversion after upgrade from stretch
          (closes: #919443)
 
diff --git a/etc/init.d/networking b/debian/networking.init
similarity index 100%
rename from etc/init.d/networking
rename to debian/networking.init
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9560f7f..3635600 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@ override_dh_systemd_start:
 override_dh_systemd_enable:
 	dh_systemd_enable --name=networking
 
+override_dh_installinit:
+	dh_installinit --name=networking --no-start
+
 override_dh_compress:
 	dh_compress -X.py