diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e4a683aab338e5309ec88dcdcf7c712ca988602d..ab9357e6282af45440a11fedf8426b582ea2689d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+# -*- mode: conf -*-
 
 include *.txt
 include *.rst
 
 recursive-include data *
-
 recursive-include rattail/data *
 
+include rattail/contrib/init.d/*
+
 include rattail/db/alembic/README
 recursive-include rattail/db/alembic *.mako
 recursive-include rattail/db/alembic *.py
diff --git a/rattail/contrib/init.d/datasync b/rattail/contrib/init.d/datasync
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0857a0531b35e6cfba819a4569df6bb9ed7e6b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rattail/contrib/init.d/datasync
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# -*- coding: utf-8  -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2015 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+#  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for
+#  more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#  along with Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+
+
+# This script is mostly based on the ``/etc/init.d/skeleton`` file from a
+# Debian 6 system.
+
+
+DESC=${DESC:-"Rattail Data Synchronizer"}
+NAME=${NAME:-"rattail-datasync"}
+SCRIPTNAME=${SCRIPTNAME:-"/etc/init.d/$NAME"}
+PIDFILE=${PIDFILE:-"/var/run/rattail/$NAME.pid"}
+
+PYTHON=${PYTHON:-"/usr/bin/python"}
+RATTAIL=${RATTAIL:-"/usr/local/bin/rattail"}
+RATTAIL_ARGS=${RATTAIL_ARGS:-""}
+DATASYNC_ARGS=${DATASYNC_ARGS:-"--pidfile=$PIDFILE"}
+
+USER=${USER:-"rattail"}
+GROUP=${GROUP:-"rattail"}
+
+
+# Read configuration variable files if present.
+[ -r /etc/default/rattail ] && . /etc/default/rattail
+[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
+
+# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables.
+. /lib/init/vars.sh
+
+# Define LSB log_* functions.
+# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) to ensure that this file is present
+# and status_of_proc is working.
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+
+create_pid_dir() {
+    PIDDIR=`dirname "$PIDFILE"`
+    if [ ! -d "$PIDDIR" ]; then
+        mkdir --parents "$PIDDIR"
+    fi
+    chown $USER:$GROUP "$PIDDIR"
+}
+
+
+#
+# Function that starts the daemon/service
+#
+do_start()
+{
+    # Return
+    #   0 if daemon has been started
+    #   1 if daemon was already running
+    #   2 if daemon could not be started
+    create_pid_dir
+    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $PYTHON --user $USER --test --quiet > /dev/null \
+        || return 1
+    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $PYTHON --startas $RATTAIL --chuid $USER --group $GROUP --quiet -- \
+        $RATTAIL_ARGS datasync $DATASYNC_ARGS start \
+        || return 2
+}
+
+
+#
+# Function that stops the daemon/service
+#
+do_stop()
+{
+    # Return
+    #   0 if daemon has been stopped
+    #   1 if daemon was already stopped
+    #   2 if daemon could not be stopped
+    #   other if a failure occurred
+    sudo -u $USER $RATTAIL $RATTAIL_ARGS datasync $DATASYNC_ARGS stop > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
+        do_start
+        case "$?" in
+            0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
+            2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
+        esac
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
+        do_stop
+        case "$?" in
+            0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
+            2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
+        esac
+        ;;
+    status)
+        status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
+        ;;
+    restart|force-reload)
+        log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
+        do_stop
+        case "$?" in
+            0|1)
+                do_start
+                case "$?" in
+                    0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
+                    1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
+                    *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
+                esac
+                ;;
+            *)
+                # Failed to stop
+                log_end_msg 1
+                ;;
+        esac
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+        exit 3
+        ;;
+esac
+
+: