diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
index dd761aff0..e91c76a40 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Co-Maintainer: Clayton Craft <clayton@craftyguy.net>
 pkgname=postmarketos-mkinitfs
 pkgver=1.5.1
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Tool to generate initramfs images for postmarketOS"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 depends="
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ sha512sums="
 d28802b17d7912a58d23c02fbdddfdb6f74489e712d61a59472f7f000a4429786f69ba2fca59d321c55c277ff79edb6f47c939a9e973b31f694aeca0167354ff  postmarketos-mkinitfs-1.5.1.tar.gz
 20f110337113e8de8999cf2a064a93fea36821d5c216bfa4ba46ec1f83825638262b92fd7be29eee0a85a54a108b7315a96cbe30da8ae4419f54c2ed53bb08c7  00-default.modules
 ccdceaa710d97d6f57d8d66bfcbec448486d08083341712303f62123039f729229b88528308e411a308a2b90b81b60de89fe91143a6facbb11cbc9b4055eeaec  init.sh
-2abdea96aa66fcc709092ab97bfe5a99ecd7a6c959e344e0619a1c93ce28de21530379c498012a4d8e938013e7b490d3a00d5782b6d75c0987220ac3e7d66c92  init_functions.sh
+260f7be8a199d5a3b64975441f7a3c62908b2e36b406341d858f90efd5d713e5559df1ecf465d7d61f5ebd009f61c34ba28e5db81f184ec8d857ceebffc985d9  init_functions.sh
 "
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
index 854cc5ec0..b3e5952db 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ setup_firmware_path() {
 }
 
 setup_mdev() {
-	echo /sbin/mdev >/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
-	mdev -s
+	# Start mdev daemon
+	mdev -d
 
 	# If udevd and udevadm are present in the initfs, coldplug all devices so that
 	# they can be used via libinput (e.g. by unl0kr). This is the same series of steps