diff --git a/bin/copy_binaries_to_deploy.sh b/bin/copy_binaries_to_deploy.sh
index f81ebbed..c2783c0c 100755
--- a/bin/copy_binaries_to_deploy.sh
+++ b/bin/copy_binaries_to_deploy.sh
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ tar --create --verbose --gzip --absolute-names --show-transformed-names \
 	--transform "s:$builddir/bin/:hyperion/bin/:" \
 	--transform "s:$repodir/effects/:hyperion/effects/:" \
 	--transform "s:$repodir/config/:hyperion/config/:" \
+	--transform "s:$repodir/bin/hyperion.init.sh:hyperion/init.d/hyperion.init.sh:" \
 	--transform "s://:/:g" \
 	"$builddir/bin/hyperiond" \
 	"$builddir/bin/hyperion-remote" \
 	"$builddir/bin/gpio2spi" \
 	"$builddir/bin/dispmanx2png" \
 	"$repodir/effects/"* \
+	"$repodir/bin/hyperion.init.sh" \
 	"$repodir/config/hyperion.config.json"
diff --git a/bin/hyperion.init.sh b/bin/hyperion.init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50e7d7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/hyperion.init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Hyperion daemon
+# description: Hyperion daemon
+# processname: hyperiond
+
+DAEMON=hyperiond
+DAEMONOPTS="/etc/hyperion.config.json"
+DAEMON_PATH="/usr/bin"
+
+NAME=$DEAMON
+DESC="Hyperion ambilight server"
+PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
+
+case "$1" in
+start)
+	printf "%-50s" "Starting $NAME..."
+	cd $DAEMON_PATH
+	PID=`$DAEMON $DAEMONOPTS > /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $!`
+	#echo "Saving PID" $PID " to " $PIDFILE
+        if [ -z $PID ]; then
+            printf "%s\n" "Fail"
+        else
+            echo $PID > $PIDFILE
+            printf "%s\n" "Ok"
+        fi
+;;
+status)
+        printf "%-50s" "Checking $NAME..."
+        if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
+            PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
+            if [ -z "`ps axf | grep ${PID} | grep -v grep`" ]; then
+                printf "%s\n" "Process dead but pidfile exists"
+            else
+                echo "Running"
+            fi
+        else
+            printf "%s\n" "Service not running"
+        fi
+;;
+stop)
+        printf "%-50s" "Stopping $NAME"
+            PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
+            cd $DAEMON_PATH
+        if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
+            kill -HUP $PID
+            printf "%s\n" "Ok"
+            rm -f $PIDFILE
+        else
+            printf "%s\n" "pidfile not found"
+        fi
+;;
+
+restart)
+  	$0 stop
+  	$0 start
+;;
+
+*)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {status|start|stop|restart}"
+        exit 1
+esac
diff --git a/bin/install_hyperion.sh b/bin/install_hyperion.sh
index 09ecb6c5..5ec9a2a0 100755
--- a/bin/install_hyperion.sh
+++ b/bin/install_hyperion.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Make sure /sbin is on the path (for service to find sub scripts)
+PATH="/sbin:$PATH"
+
 # Script for downloading and installing the latest Hyperion release
 
-# Find out if we are on XBian
+# Find out if we are on Raspbmc
 IS_XBIAN=`cat /etc/issue | grep XBian | wc -l`
+IS_RASPBMC=`cat /etc/issue | grep Raspbmc | wc -l`
+IS_OPENELEC=`cat /etc/issue | grep -m 1 OpenELEC | wc -l`
+
+# check which init script we should use
+USE_INITCTL=`which /sbin/initctl | wc -l`
+USE_SERVICE=`which /usr/sbin/service | wc -l`
 
 # Make sure that the boblight daemon is no longer running
-BOBLIGHT_PROCNR=$(ps -e | grep "boblight" | wc -l)
+BOBLIGHT_PROCNR=$(pidof boblightd | wc -l)
 if [ $BOBLIGHT_PROCNR -eq 1 ];
 then
 	echo 'Found running instance of boblight. Please stop boblight via XBMC menu before installing hyperion'
@@ -14,29 +23,73 @@ then
 fi
 
 # Stop hyperion daemon if it is running
-/sbin/initctl stop hyperion
+# Start the hyperion daemon
+if [ $USE_INITCTL -eq 1 ]; then
+	/sbin/initctl stop hyperion
+elif [ $USE_SERVICE -eq 1 ]; then
+	/usr/sbin/service hyperion stop
+fi
 
-# Get and extract the Hyperion binaries and effects to /opt
-wget https://raw.github.com/tvdzwan/hyperion/master/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz -O - | tar -C /opt -xz
+# Get and extract the Hyperion binaries and effects
+echo 'Downloading hyperion'
+if [ $IS_OPENELEC -eq 1 ]; then
+	# OpenELEC has a readonly file system. Use alternative location
+	curl --get https://raw.github.com/tvdzwan/hyperion/master/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz | tar -C /storage -xz
+	curl --get https://raw.github.com/tvdzwan/hyperion/master/deploy/hyperion.deps.openelec-rpi.tar.gz | tar -C /storage/hyperion/bin -xz
+	
+	# modify the default config to have a correct effect path
+	sed -i 's:/opt:/storage:g' /storage/hyperion/config/hyperion.config.json
+else
+	wget https://raw.github.com/tvdzwan/hyperion/master/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz -O - | tar -C /opt -xz
+fi
 
 # create links to the binaries
-ln -fs /opt/hyperion/bin/hyperiond /usr/bin/hyperiond
-ln -fs /opt/hyperion/bin/hyperion-remote /usr/bin/hyperion-remote
+if [ $IS_OPENELEC -ne 1 ]; then
+	ln -fs /opt/hyperion/bin/hyperiond /usr/bin/hyperiond
+	ln -fs /opt/hyperion/bin/hyperion-remote /usr/bin/hyperion-remote
+fi
 
 # create link to the gpio changer (gpio->spi)
-if [ $IS_XBIAN -eq 0 ]; then
+if [ $IS_RASPBMC -eq 1 ]; then
 	ln -fs /opt/hyperion/bin/gpio2spi /usr/bin/gpio2spi
 fi
 
 # Copy a link to the hyperion configuration file to /etc
-ln -s /opt/hyperion/config/hyperion.config.json /etc/hyperion.config.json
+if [ $IS_OPENELEC -eq 1 ]; then
+	# copy to alternate location, because of readonly file system
+	# /storage/.config is available as samba share. A symbolic link would not be working
+	false | cp -i /storage/hyperion/config/hyperion.config.json /storage/.config/hyperion.config.json 2>/dev/null
+else
+	ln -s /opt/hyperion/config/hyperion.config.json /etc/hyperion.config.json
+fi
+	
 
 # Copy the service control configuration to /etc/int
-if [ $IS_XBIAN -eq 0 ]; then
-	wget -N https://raw.github.com/tvdzwan/hyperion/master/deploy/hyperion.conf -P /etc/init/
-else
-	wget -N https://raw.github.com/tvdzwan/hyperion/master/deploy/hyperion.xbian.conf -O /etc/init/hyperion.conf
+if [ $USE_INITCTL -eq 1 ]; then
+	echo 'Installing initctl script'
+	if [ $IS_RASPBMC -eq 1 ]; then
+		wget -N https://raw.github.com/tvdzwan/hyperion/master/deploy/hyperion.conf -P /etc/init/
+	else
+		wget -N https://raw.github.com/tvdzwan/hyperion/master/deploy/hyperion.xbian.conf -O /etc/init/hyperion.conf
+	fi
+elif [ $USE_SERVICE -eq 1 ]; then
+	echo 'Installing startup script in init.d'
+	# place startup script in init.d and add it to upstart
+	ln -fs /opt/hyperion/init.d/hyperion.init.sh /etc/init.d/hyperion
+	chmod +x /etc/init.d/hyperion
+	update-rc.d hyperion defaults 98 02
+elif [ $IS_OPENELEC -eq 1 ]; then
+	# only add to start script if hyperion is not present yet
+	if [ `cat /storage/.config/autostart.sh 2>/dev/null | grep hyperiond | wc -l` -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo 'Adding Hyperion to autostart script'
+		echo "/storage/hyperion/bin/hyperiond.sh /storage/.config/hyperion.config.json > /dev/null 2>&1 &" >> /storage/.config/autostart.sh
+		chmod +x /storage/.config/autostart.sh
+	fi
 fi
 
 # Start the hyperion daemon
-/sbin/initctl start hyperion
+if [ $USE_INITCTL -eq 1 ]; then
+	/sbin/initctl start hyperion
+elif [ $USE_SERVICE -eq 1 ]; then
+	/usr/sbin/service hyperion start
+fi
diff --git a/deploy/hyperion.deps.openelec-rpi.tar.gz.REMOVED.git-id b/deploy/hyperion.deps.openelec-rpi.tar.gz.REMOVED.git-id
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fe8e9cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/hyperion.deps.openelec-rpi.tar.gz.REMOVED.git-id
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4d50c38a61c9f32a15b29ef3b3953c2835fa9cac
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz b/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 39e9e46b..00000000
Binary files a/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz.REMOVED.git-id b/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz.REMOVED.git-id
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be713fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz.REMOVED.git-id
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+56066aa4faf396198264beccf090b9551b8359d4
\ No newline at end of file