diff --git a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
index 08cb7bda41..e7904a10b0 100755
--- a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
+++ b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          activemq
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $network $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $network $syslog
+# Default-Start:     3 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Starts ActiveMQ
+# Description:       Starts ActiveMQ Message Broker Server
+### END INIT INFO
+
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