diff --git a/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/state b/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/state
index ff092a65..d1998e22 100755
--- a/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/state
+++ b/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/state
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ case "$os" in
         done
     ;;
 
-    debian|ubuntu)
+    debian|ubuntu|openwrt)
         state="present"
         [ -f "/etc/rc$runlevel.d/S"??"$name" ] || state="absent"
     ;;
diff --git a/conf/type/__start_on_boot/gencode-remote b/conf/type/__start_on_boot/gencode-remote
index be2bd98b..cefdc385 100755
--- a/conf/type/__start_on_boot/gencode-remote
+++ b/conf/type/__start_on_boot/gencode-remote
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ case "$state_should" in
                 echo chkconfig \"$name\" on
             ;;
 
+            openwrt)
+                # 'enable' can be successful and still return a non-zero exit
+                # code, deal with it by checking for success ourselves in that
+                # case (the || ... part).
+                echo "/etc/init.d/\"$name\" enable || [ -f /etc/rc.d/S??\"$name\" ]"
+            ;;
+
             *)
                echo "Unsupported os: $os" >&2
                exit 1
@@ -74,6 +81,10 @@ case "$state_should" in
                 echo chkconfig \"$name\" off
             ;;
 
+            openwrt)
+                echo "\"/etc/init.d/$name\" disable"
+            ;;
+
             *)
                echo "Unsupported os: $os" >&2
                exit 1