diff --git a/support/meson.build b/support/meson.build
index f1b7b7e15..26c273db8 100644
--- a/support/meson.build
+++ b/support/meson.build
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ subdir('deptree2dot')
 subdir('init.d.examples')
 subdir('openvpn')
 subdir('sysvinit')
+subdir('xinit')
diff --git a/support/xinit/50-openrc-user.sh b/support/xinit/50-openrc-user.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01efe98eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xinit/50-openrc-user.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (c) 2007-2023 The OpenRC Authors.
+# See the Authors file at the top-level directory of this distribution and
+# https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/HEAD/AUTHORS
+#
+# This file is part of OpenRC. It is subject to the license terms in
+# the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory of this
+# distribution and at https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/HEAD/LICENSE
+# This file may not be copied, modified, propagated, or distributed
+#    except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Graphical applications launched by dbus need those variables in an X
+# environment.
+if  command -v dbus-update-activation-environment >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+	rc-service --user dbus status >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+	dbus-update-activation-environment DISPLAY XAUTHORITY
+fi
diff --git a/support/xinit/meson.build b/support/xinit/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfe7c4d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xinit/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+xinit_bin = ['50-openrc-user.sh']
+xinit_dir = get_option('sysconfdir') / 'X11/xinit/initrc.d'
+
+install_data(xinit_bin,
+  install_dir : xinit_dir,
+  install_mode : 'rwxrr-xr-x')