diff --git a/net-irc/unrealircd/files/unrealircd.initd-r4 b/net-irc/unrealircd/files/unrealircd.initd-r4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7437b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-irc/unrealircd/files/unrealircd.initd-r4
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+# Defaults
+: ${UNREALIRCD_CONF:=/etc/unrealircd/${SVCNAME}.conf}
+: ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE:=/run/unrealircd/${SVCNAME#unreal}.pid}
+
+# Convenience variable for the chroot bits, not actually user-controllable via conf.d
+UNREALIRCD_USER="unrealircd"
+UNREALIRCD_BIN="/usr/bin/unrealircd"
+UNREALIRCD_COMMAND_ARGS="-F -f ${UNREALIRCD_CONF} ${UNREALIRCD_OPTS}"
+
+# Run the daemon in the foreground and let OpenRC background it.
+# This way the PID file is created securely, as root.
+# https://bugs.unrealircd.org/view.php?id=4990
+# https://bugs.gentoo.org/628434
+command_args="${UNREALIRCD_COMMAND_ARGS}"
+command_background=true
+pidfile="${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE}"
+
+start_stop_daemon_args="${UNREALIRCD_SSD_OPTS}"
+extra_started_commands="checkconfig reload"
+
+if [ -n "${UNREALIRCD_CHROOT}" ]; then
+	command=/usr/bin/chroot
+	command_args="--userspec ${UNREALIRCD_USER}:${UNREALIRCD_USER} ${UNREALIRCD_CHROOT} ${UNREALIRCD_BIN} ${UNREALIRCD_COMMAND_ARGS}"
+else
+	# We're running it directly so no need for anything special.
+	command="${UNREALIRCD_BIN}"
+	command_user=${UNREALIRCD_USER}
+fi
+
+checkconfig() {
+	# command_args weirdness because we want to preserve the chroot arguments if it's set
+	# Only run the configtest for the main instance; it can't work right now for others (no way to specify config file)
+	[ ${SVCNAME} = unrealircd ] && su -s /bin/sh ${command_user:=root} -c "${command} ${command_args%${UNREALIRCD_COMMAND_ARGS}}" configtest
+}
+
+depend() {
+	use dns net
+	provide ircd
+}
+
+reload() {
+	ebegin "Reloading ${RC_SVCNAME}"
+	start-stop-daemon --signal HUP \
+			  --pidfile "${pidfile}" \
+			  ${UNREALIRCD_SSD_OPTS}
+	eend $?
+}
diff --git a/net-irc/unrealircd/unrealircd-6.0.4.2.ebuild b/net-irc/unrealircd/unrealircd-6.0.4.2.ebuild
index d07881d..ea0bb3c 100644
--- a/net-irc/unrealircd/unrealircd-6.0.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/unrealircd/unrealircd-6.0.4.2.ebuild
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ src_install() {
 
 	einstalldocs
 
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.initd-r3 ${PN}
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.initd-r4 ${PN}
 	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.confd-r4 ${PN}
 
 	# config should be read-only