diff --git a/src/api.c b/src/api.c
index f3bc15c7..e1365c22 100644
--- a/src/api.c
+++ b/src/api.c
@@ -182,6 +182,49 @@ static svc_t *do_find_byc(char *buf, size_t len)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int do_reboot(int cmd, char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	int rc = 1;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case INIT_CMD_REBOOT:
+		_d("reboot");
+		halt = SHUT_REBOOT;
+		service_runlevel(6);
+		break;
+
+	case INIT_CMD_HALT:
+		_d("halt");
+		halt = SHUT_HALT;
+		service_runlevel(0);
+		break;
+
+	case INIT_CMD_POWEROFF:
+		_d("poweroff");
+		halt = SHUT_OFF;
+		service_runlevel(0);
+		break;
+
+	case INIT_CMD_SUSPEND:
+		_d("suspend");
+		sync();
+		rc = reboot(RB_SW_SUSPEND);
+		if (rc) {
+			if (errno == EINVAL)
+				snprintf(buf, len, "Kernel does not support suspend.");
+			else
+				snprintf(buf, len, "Failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+		}
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		rc = 255;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 typedef struct {
 	char *event;
 	void (*cb)(void);
@@ -302,6 +345,13 @@ static void api_cb(uev_t *w, void *arg, int events)
 			rq.sleeptime = prevlevel;
 			break;
 
+		case INIT_CMD_REBOOT:
+		case INIT_CMD_HALT:
+		case INIT_CMD_POWEROFF:
+		case INIT_CMD_SUSPEND:
+			result = do_reboot(rq.cmd, rq.data, sizeof(rq.data));
+			break;
+
 		case INIT_CMD_ACK:
 			_d("Client failed reading ACK");
 			goto leave;
diff --git a/src/finit.h b/src/finit.h
index bb9b8686..7a29eb9e 100644
--- a/src/finit.h
+++ b/src/finit.h
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
 #define INIT_CMD_UNUSED2        14   /* Unused, was INIT_CMD_QUERY_INETD */
 #define INIT_CMD_UNUSED1        15   /* Unused, was INIT_CMD_EMIT */
 #define INIT_CMD_GET_RUNLEVEL   16
+#define INIT_CMD_REBOOT         20
+#define INIT_CMD_HALT           21
+#define INIT_CMD_POWEROFF       22
+#define INIT_CMD_SUSPEND        23
 #define INIT_CMD_WDOG_HELLO     128  /* Watchdog register and hello */
 #define INIT_CMD_SVC_ITER       129
 #define INIT_CMD_SVC_QUERY      130
diff --git a/src/reboot.c b/src/reboot.c
index aac059ba..340471d4 100644
--- a/src/reboot.c
+++ b/src/reboot.c
@@ -27,13 +27,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/reboot.h>
 #include "util.h"
 
-#ifndef RB_SW_SUSPEND /* Since Linux 2.5.18, but not in GLIBC until 2.19 */
-#define RB_SW_SUSPEND	0xd000fce2
-#endif
-
 typedef enum {
 	CMD_UNKNOWN = -1,
 	CMD_REBOOT = 0,
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index eb7aaa34..e65cd8c2 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -28,9 +28,14 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H		/* for screen_width() */
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/reboot.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifndef RB_SW_SUSPEND /* Since Linux 2.5.18, but not in GLIBC until 2.19 */
+#define RB_SW_SUSPEND	0xd000fce2
+#endif
+
 extern int   screen_rows;
 extern int   screen_cols;
 extern char *prognm;