diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__start_on_boot/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__start_on_boot/gencode-remote
index 45de5465..0ab67a1a 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__start_on_boot/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__start_on_boot/gencode-remote
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ case "$state_should" in
 
         else
             case "$os" in
-                debian|ubuntu)
+                debian|ubuntu|devuan)
                     echo update-rc.d -f \"$name\" remove
                 ;;
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog b/docs/changelog
index 524257a7..92123b70 100644
--- a/docs/changelog
+++ b/docs/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ next:
 	* Type __go_get: Install go packages using go get (Kamila Součková)
 	* Explorer kernel_name: uname -s (Kamila Součková)
 	* Type __sysctl: Add devuan support (Nico Schottelius)
+	* Type __start_on_boot: Add devuan support (Nico Schottelius)
 
 4.4.2: 2017-03-08
 	* Core: Fix suppression of manifests' outputs (Darko Poljak)