diff --git a/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/Makefile.am b/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/Makefile.am
index 4ec27e04..9286bc2f 100644
--- a/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 docsdir   := @docdir@/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available
 docs_DATA  = acpid.conf crond.conf dropbear.conf getty.conf keymap.conf	\
-             lxdm.conf modules.conf ntpd.conf klogd.conf syslog.conf	\
-	     watchdog.conf
+             lxdm.conf modules.conf ntpd.conf syslog.conf watchdog.conf
 EXTRA_DIST = $(docs_DATA)
diff --git a/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/klogd.conf b/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/klogd.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index ad02d302..00000000
--- a/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/klogd.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Start klogd as soon as possible, after syslogd, should always run
-service [S12345] <pid/syslogd> env:-/etc/conf.d/klogd klogd -n $KLOGD_OPTS -- Kernel log daemon
diff --git a/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/syslog.conf b/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/syslog.conf
index c2916ce4..8d24f896 100644
--- a/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/syslog.conf
+++ b/contrib/alpine/finit.d/available/syslog.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # Start syslogd as soon as possible, should always run
-service [S12345] env:-/etc/conf.d/syslog syslogd -n $SYSLOGD_OPTS -- Syslog daemon
+# Start klogd as soon as possible, but after syslogd
+service [S12345] env:-/etc/conf.d/syslog syslogd -n $SYSLOGD_OPTS          -- Syslog daemon
+service [S12345] <pid/syslogd> env:-/etc/conf.d/klogd klogd -n $KLOGD_OPTS -- Kernel log daemon
diff --git a/contrib/void/finit.d/available/Makefile.am b/contrib/void/finit.d/available/Makefile.am
index 476ee1ca..76601590 100644
--- a/contrib/void/finit.d/available/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/void/finit.d/available/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 docsdir   := @docdir@/contrib/void/finit.d/available
 docs_DATA  = acpid.conf crond.conf dhcpcd.conf dmeventd.conf getty.conf	\
-             keymap.conf klogd.conf lxdm.conf modules.conf ntpd.conf	\
+             keymap.conf lxdm.conf modules.conf ntpd.conf		\
              sshd.conf syslogd.conf uuidd.conf
 EXTRA_DIST = $(docs_DATA)
diff --git a/contrib/void/finit.d/available/klogd.conf b/contrib/void/finit.d/available/klogd.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e91c452..00000000
--- a/contrib/void/finit.d/available/klogd.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Start klogd as soon as possible, should always run
-service [S12345] <pid/syslogd> klogd -n -- Kernel log daemon
diff --git a/contrib/void/finit.d/available/syslogd.conf b/contrib/void/finit.d/available/syslogd.conf
index 95fc2e39..eb45f125 100644
--- a/contrib/void/finit.d/available/syslogd.conf
+++ b/contrib/void/finit.d/available/syslogd.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # Start syslogd as soon as possible, should always run
-service [S12345] syslogd -n -- Syslog daemon
+# Start klogd as soon as possible, but after syslogd
+service [S12345] syslogd -n             -- Syslog daemon
+service [S12345] <pid/syslogd> klogd -n -- Kernel log daemon