diff --git a/dev-libs/cyrus-sasl/files/pwcheck.rc6 b/dev-libs/cyrus-sasl/files/pwcheck.rc6
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/cyrus-sasl/files/pwcheck.rc6
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-libs/cyrus-sasl/files/pwcheck.rc6,v 1.5 2007/04/07 13:03:55 chtekk Exp $
+
+depend() {
+	need localmount
+	use logger
+}
+
+start() {
+	ebegin "Starting sasl pwcheck daemon"
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --exec /usr/sbin/pwcheck
+	eend $?
+}
+
+stop() {
+	ebegin "Stopping sasl pwcheck daemon"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --exec /usr/sbin/pwcheck
+	eend $?
+}