diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bbappend
index 70acfb9eb..0fedfbc0f 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bbappend
@@ -3,5 +3,12 @@
 PRINC := "${@int(PRINC) + 1}"
 PR_append = "+${DISTRO}"
 
+# The initscripts package includes a '/etc/init.d/umountfs' script used for
+# reboot/poweroff purposes. That script calls the 'umount' command but seems
+# that the combination of busybox' umount + linux 3.x fails in this script (it
+# hangs without completing the reboot/poweroff)
+# So as a workaround use the umount command from util-linux package
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "util-linux-umount"
+
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}-${PV}:"