diff --git a/debian-devuan-netboot.sh b/debian-devuan-netboot.sh
index a9e0228..d64de5e 100755
--- a/debian-devuan-netboot.sh
+++ b/debian-devuan-netboot.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ cat > ${dir}/etc/network/interfaces << EOF
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
 
+source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d
 EOF
 
 # find the boot interfaces at boot
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ ifup "\${dev}"
 exit 0
 EOF
 
+chmod a+rx ${dir}/etc/rc.local"
+
 # ensure there is /init in the initramfs -> otherwise there is a kernel panic
 # reason: initramfs is designed to be PRE regular os, so /init usually hands over to /sbin/init
 # in our case, they are just the same