diff --git a/src/librc/librc-depend.c b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
index d584af2cd..34cf75ba5 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc-depend.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 
 #define GENDEP          RC_LIBEXECDIR "/sh/gendepends.sh"
 
-#define RC_DEPCONFIG    RC_SVCDIR "/depconfig"
+#define RC_DEPCONFIG_FILE    "/depconfig"
+#define RC_DEPCONFIG         RC_SVCDIR RC_DEPCONFIG_FILE
 
 static const char *bootlevel = NULL;
 
@@ -121,7 +122,26 @@ get_deptype(const RC_DEPINFO *depinfo, const char *type)
 
 RC_DEPTREE *
 rc_deptree_load(void) {
-	return rc_deptree_load_file(RC_DEPTREE_CACHE);
+
+	char *cache = RC_DEPTREE_CACHE;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	char *user_svcdir;
+	RC_DEPTREE *tree;
+
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		user_svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+		xasprintf(&cache, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_DEPTREE_CACHE_FILE);
+
+		tree = rc_deptree_load_file(cache);
+
+		free(cache);
+		free(user_svcdir);
+
+		return tree;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	return rc_deptree_load_file(cache);
 }
 
 RC_DEPTREE *
@@ -668,19 +688,19 @@ static const DEPPAIR deppairs[] = {
 
 static const char *const depdirs[] =
 {
-	RC_SVCDIR,
-	RC_SVCDIR "/starting",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/started",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/stopping",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/inactive",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/wasinactive",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/failed",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/hotplugged",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/daemons",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/options",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/exclusive",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/scheduled",
-	RC_SVCDIR "/tmp",
+	"",
+	"/starting",
+	"/started",
+	"/stopping",
+	"/inactive",
+	"/wasinactive",
+	"/failed",
+	"/hotplugged",
+	"/daemons",
+	"/options",
+	"/exclusive",
+	"/scheduled",
+	"/tmp",
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -693,16 +713,38 @@ rc_deptree_update_needed(time_t *newest, char *file)
 	int i;
 	struct stat buf;
 	time_t mtime;
+	char *depconfig = RC_DEPCONFIG, *cache = RC_DEPTREE_CACHE;
+	char *depdir = NULL;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	char *user_sysconfdir, *user_svcdir, *tmp;
+
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		user_svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+		user_sysconfdir = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+		xasprintf(&cache, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_DEPTREE_CACHE_FILE);
+	}
+#endif
 
 	/* Create base directories if needed */
-	for (i = 0; depdirs[i]; i++)
-		if (mkdir(depdirs[i], 0755) != 0 && errno != EEXIST)
-			fprintf(stderr, "mkdir `%s': %s\n", depdirs[i], strerror(errno));
+	for (i = 0; depdirs[i]; i++) {
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		if (rc_is_user()) {
+			xasprintf(&depdir, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, depdirs[i]);
+		} else {
+#endif
+		xasprintf(&depdir, "%s/%s", RC_SVCDIR, depdirs[i]);
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		}
+#endif
+		if (mkdir(depdir, 0755) != 0 && errno != EEXIST)
+			fprintf(stderr, "mkdir `%s': %s\n", depdir, strerror(errno));
+		free(depdir);
+	}
 
 	/* Quick test to see if anything we use has changed and we have
 	 * data in our deptree. */
 
-	if (stat(RC_DEPTREE_CACHE, &buf) == 0) {
+	if (stat(cache, &buf) == 0) {
 		mtime = buf.st_mtime;
 	} else {
 		/* No previous cache found.
@@ -726,12 +768,34 @@ rc_deptree_update_needed(time_t *newest, char *file)
 #endif
 #ifdef RC_LOCAL_CONFDIR
     newer |= !deep_mtime_check(RC_LOCAL_CONFDIR,true,&mtime,file);
+#endif
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		newer |= !deep_mtime_check(RC_SYS_USER_INITDIR,true,&mtime,file);
+		newer |= !deep_mtime_check(RC_SYS_USER_CONFDIR,true,&mtime,file);
+
+		xasprintf(&tmp, "%s/%s", user_sysconfdir, RC_USER_INITDIR_FOLDER);
+		newer |= !deep_mtime_check(tmp,true,&mtime,file);
+		free(tmp);
+
+		xasprintf(&tmp, "%s/%s", user_sysconfdir, RC_USER_CONFDIR_FOLDER);
+		newer |= !deep_mtime_check(tmp,true,&mtime,file);
+		free(tmp);
+
+		free(user_sysconfdir);
+	}
 #endif
     newer |= !deep_mtime_check(RC_CONF,true,&mtime,file);
 
 	/* Some init scripts dependencies change depending on config files
 	 * outside of baselayout, like syslog-ng, so we check those too. */
-	config = rc_config_list(RC_DEPCONFIG);
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		xasprintf(&depconfig, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_DEPCONFIG_FILE);
+		free(user_svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
+	config = rc_config_list(depconfig);
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(s, config, entries) {
 		newer |= !deep_mtime_check(s->value, true, &mtime, file);
 	}
@@ -768,6 +832,11 @@ rc_deptree_update(void)
 	char *line = NULL;
 	size_t len = 0;
 	char *depend, *depends, *service, *type, *nosys, *onosys;
+	char *cache = RC_DEPTREE_CACHE;
+	char *depconfig = RC_DEPCONFIG;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	char *user_svcdir;
+#endif
 	size_t i, k, l;
 	bool retval = true;
 	const char *sys = rc_sys();
@@ -1048,7 +1117,16 @@ rc_deptree_update(void)
 	   This works and should be entirely shell parseable provided that depend
 	   names don't have any non shell variable characters in
 	   */
-	if ((fp = fopen(RC_DEPTREE_CACHE, "w"))) {
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		user_svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+		xasprintf(&cache, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_DEPTREE_CACHE_FILE);
+		xasprintf(&depconfig, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_DEPCONFIG_FILE);
+		free(user_svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
+	if ((fp = fopen(cache, "w"))) {
 		i = 0;
 		TAILQ_FOREACH(depinfo, deptree, entries) {
 			fprintf(fp, "depinfo_%zu_service='%s'\n",
@@ -1067,25 +1145,32 @@ rc_deptree_update(void)
 		fclose(fp);
 	} else {
 		fprintf(stderr, "fopen `%s': %s\n",
-			RC_DEPTREE_CACHE, strerror(errno));
+			cache, strerror(errno));
 		retval = false;
 	}
 
 	/* Save our external config files to disk */
 	if (TAILQ_FIRST(config)) {
-		if ((fp = fopen(RC_DEPCONFIG, "w"))) {
+		if ((fp = fopen(depconfig, "w"))) {
 			TAILQ_FOREACH(s, config, entries)
 				fprintf(fp, "%s\n", s->value);
 			fclose(fp);
 		} else {
 			fprintf(stderr, "fopen `%s': %s\n",
-				RC_DEPCONFIG, strerror(errno));
+				depconfig, strerror(errno));
 			retval = false;
 		}
 	} else {
-		unlink(RC_DEPCONFIG);
+		unlink(depconfig);
 	}
 
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(cache);
+		free(depconfig);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	rc_stringlist_free(config);
 	free(deptree);
 	return retval;
diff --git a/src/librc/librc.c b/src/librc/librc.c
index 33737c992..34555afe1 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 #  include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #endif
 
-#define RC_RUNLEVEL	RC_SVCDIR "/softlevel"
+#define RC_RUNLEVEL_FOLDER "/softlevel"
+#define RC_RUNLEVEL RC_SVCDIR RC_RUNLEVEL_FOLDER
 
 #ifndef S_IXUGO
 #  define S_IXUGO (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH)
@@ -473,6 +474,7 @@ get_runlevel_chain(const char *runlevel, RC_STRINGLIST *level_list, RC_STRINGLIS
 	RC_STRINGLIST *dirs;
 	RC_STRING *d, *parent;
 	const char *nextlevel;
+	char *runlevel_dir = RC_RUNLEVELDIR;
 
 	/*
 	 * If we haven't been passed a runlevel or a level list, or
@@ -494,7 +496,15 @@ get_runlevel_chain(const char *runlevel, RC_STRINGLIST *level_list, RC_STRINGLIS
 	 * We can now do exactly the above procedure for our chained
 	 * runlevels.
 	 */
-	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", RC_RUNLEVELDIR, runlevel);
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		if (rc_is_user()) {
+			char *user_sysconf = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+			xasprintf(&runlevel_dir, "%s/%s", user_sysconf, RC_USER_RUNLEVELS_FOLDER);
+			free(user_sysconf);
+		}
+#endif
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", runlevel_dir, runlevel);
 	dirs = ls_dir(path, LS_DIR);
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(d, dirs, entries) {
 		nextlevel = d->value;
@@ -517,33 +527,78 @@ get_runlevel_chain(const char *runlevel, RC_STRINGLIST *level_list, RC_STRINGLIS
 		rc_stringlist_delete(ancestor_list, nextlevel);
 	}
 	rc_stringlist_free(dirs);
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		if (rc_is_user()) {
+			free(runlevel_dir);
+		}
+#endif
 }
 
 bool
 rc_runlevel_starting(void)
 {
-	return exists(RC_STARTING);
+	char *rc_starting = RC_STARTING;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		char *user_svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+		xasprintf(&rc_starting, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_STARTING_FOLDER);
+		free(user_svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
+	return exists(rc_starting);
 }
 
 bool
 rc_runlevel_stopping(void)
 {
-	return exists(RC_STOPPING);
+	char *rc_stopping = RC_STOPPING;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		char *user_svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+		xasprintf(&rc_stopping, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_STOPPING_FOLDER);
+		free(user_svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
+	return exists(rc_stopping);
 }
 
 RC_STRINGLIST *rc_runlevel_list(void)
 {
-	return ls_dir(RC_RUNLEVELDIR, LS_DIR);
+	char *runlevel_dir = RC_RUNLEVELDIR;
+	RC_STRINGLIST *runlevels;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	char *user_sysconfdir;
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		user_sysconfdir = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+		xasprintf(&runlevel_dir, "%s/%s", user_sysconfdir, RC_USER_RUNLEVELS_FOLDER);
+	}
+#endif
+	 runlevels = ls_dir(runlevel_dir, LS_DIR);
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(runlevel_dir);
+	}
+#endif
+	return runlevels;
 }
 
 char *
 rc_runlevel_get(void)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
-	char *runlevel = NULL;
+	char *runlevel = NULL, *runlevel_path = RC_RUNLEVEL;
 	size_t i;
 
-	if ((fp = fopen(RC_RUNLEVEL, "r"))) {
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		char *path = rc_user_svcdir();
+		xasprintf(&runlevel_path, "%s/%s", path, RC_RUNLEVEL_FOLDER);
+		free(path);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	if ((fp = fopen(runlevel_path, "r"))) {
 		runlevel = xmalloc(sizeof(char) * PATH_MAX);
 		if (fgets(runlevel, PATH_MAX, fp)) {
 			i = strlen(runlevel) - 1;
@@ -554,6 +609,13 @@ rc_runlevel_get(void)
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
 
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(runlevel_path);
+	}
+#endif
+
+
 	if (!runlevel || !*runlevel) {
 		free(runlevel);
 		runlevel = xstrdup(RC_LEVEL_SYSINIT);
@@ -565,12 +627,30 @@ rc_runlevel_get(void)
 bool
 rc_runlevel_set(const char *runlevel)
 {
-	FILE *fp = fopen(RC_RUNLEVEL, "w");
+	char *runlevel_path = RC_RUNLEVEL;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		char *path = rc_user_svcdir();
+		xasprintf(&runlevel_path, "%s/%s", path, RC_RUNLEVEL_FOLDER);
+		free(path);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	fp = fopen(runlevel_path, "w");
 
 	if (!fp)
 		return false;
 	fprintf(fp, "%s", runlevel);
 	fclose(fp);
+
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(runlevel_path);
+	}
+#endif
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -583,7 +663,19 @@ rc_runlevel_exists(const char *runlevel)
 	if (!runlevel || strcmp(runlevel, "") == 0 || strcmp(runlevel, ".") == 0 ||
 		strcmp(runlevel, "..") == 0)
 		return false;
-	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", RC_RUNLEVELDIR, runlevel);
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		char *user_path = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s/%s",
+				user_path, RC_USER_RUNLEVELS_FOLDER, runlevel);
+	} else {
+#endif
+		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", RC_RUNLEVELDIR, runlevel);
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if (stat(path, &buf) == 0 && S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode))
 		return true;
 	return false;
@@ -593,11 +685,28 @@ bool
 rc_runlevel_stack(const char *dst, const char *src)
 {
 	char d[PATH_MAX], s[PATH_MAX];
+	char *runlevel_dir = RC_RUNLEVELDIR;
 
 	if (!rc_runlevel_exists(dst) || !rc_runlevel_exists(src))
 		return false;
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		char *user_sysconf = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+		xasprintf(&runlevel_dir, "%s/%s", user_sysconf, RC_USER_RUNLEVELS_FOLDER);
+		free(user_sysconf);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	snprintf(s, sizeof(s), "../%s", src);
-	snprintf(d, sizeof(s), "%s/%s/%s", RC_RUNLEVELDIR, dst, src);
+	snprintf(d, sizeof(s), "%s/%s/%s", runlevel_dir, dst, src);
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(runlevel_dir);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	return (symlink(s, d) == 0 ? true : false);
 }
 
@@ -605,8 +714,23 @@ bool
 rc_runlevel_unstack(const char *dst, const char *src)
 {
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	char *runlevel_dir = RC_RUNLEVELDIR;
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		char *user_sysconf = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+		xasprintf(&runlevel_dir, "%s/%s", user_sysconf, RC_USER_RUNLEVELS_FOLDER);
+		free(user_sysconf);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s/%s", runlevel_dir, dst, src);
 
-	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s/%s", RC_RUNLEVELDIR, dst, src);
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(runlevel_dir);
+	}
+#endif
 	return (unlink(path) == 0 ? true : false);
 }
 
@@ -628,9 +752,16 @@ rc_service_resolve(const char *service)
 {
 	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
 	char file[PATH_MAX];
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
 	int r;
 	struct stat buf;
 
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if (!service)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -638,14 +769,20 @@ rc_service_resolve(const char *service)
 		return xstrdup(service);
 
 	/* First check started services */
-	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/%s/%s", "started", service);
+	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s", svcdir, "started", service);
 	if (lstat(file, &buf) || !S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode)) {
-		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/%s/%s",
-		    "inactive", service);
+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+		    svcdir, "inactive", service);
 		if (lstat(file, &buf) || !S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode))
 			*file = '\0';
 	}
 
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if (*file) {
 		memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
 		r = readlink(file, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
@@ -653,6 +790,24 @@ rc_service_resolve(const char *service)
 			return xstrdup(buffer);
 	}
 
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	/* If we're in user services mode, try user services*/
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		/* User defined services have preference to system provided */
+		char *user_sysconfdir = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+				user_sysconfdir, RC_USER_INITDIR_FOLDER, service);
+		free(user_sysconfdir);
+		if (stat(file, &buf) == 0)
+			return xstrdup(file);
+
+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s",
+				RC_SYS_USER_INITDIR, service);
+		if (stat(file, &buf) == 0)
+			return xstrdup(file);
+	}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef RC_LOCAL_INITDIR
 	/* Nope, so lets see if the user has written it */
 	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_LOCAL_INITDIR "/%s", service);
@@ -787,9 +942,24 @@ bool
 rc_service_in_runlevel(const char *service, const char *runlevel)
 {
 	char file[PATH_MAX];
+	char *runlevel_dir = RC_RUNLEVELDIR;
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		if (rc_is_user()) {
+			char *user_sysconf = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+			xasprintf(&runlevel_dir, "%s/%s", user_sysconf, RC_USER_RUNLEVELS_FOLDER);
+			free(user_sysconf);
+		}
+#endif
+	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+	    runlevel_dir, runlevel, basename_c(service));
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		if (rc_is_user()) {
+			free(runlevel_dir);
+		}
+#endif
 
-	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_RUNLEVELDIR "/%s/%s",
-	    runlevel, basename_c(service));
 	return exists(file);
 }
 
@@ -807,6 +977,12 @@ rc_service_mark(const char *service, const RC_SERVICE state)
 	RC_STRINGLIST *dirs;
 	RC_STRING *dir;
 	int serrno;
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
 
 	if (!init)
 		return false;
@@ -818,8 +994,8 @@ rc_service_mark(const char *service, const RC_SERVICE state)
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/%s/%s",
-		    rc_parse_service_state(state), base);
+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+		    svcdir,rc_parse_service_state(state), base);
 		if (exists(file))
 			unlink(file);
 		i = symlink(init, file);
@@ -845,15 +1021,16 @@ rc_service_mark(const char *service, const RC_SERVICE state)
 			s != RC_SERVICE_SCHEDULED) &&
 		    (!skip_wasinactive || s != RC_SERVICE_WASINACTIVE))
 		{
-			snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/%s/%s",
-			    rc_service_state_names[i].name, base);
+			snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+			    svcdir, rc_service_state_names[i].name, base);
 			if (exists(file)) {
 				if ((state == RC_SERVICE_STARTING ||
 					state == RC_SERVICE_STOPPING) &&
 				    s == RC_SERVICE_INACTIVE)
 				{
 					snprintf(was, sizeof(was),
-					    RC_SVCDIR "/%s/%s",
+					    "%s/%s/%s",
+						svcdir,
 					    rc_parse_service_state(RC_SERVICE_WASINACTIVE),
 					    base);
 					if (symlink(init, was) == -1) {
@@ -875,19 +1052,19 @@ rc_service_mark(const char *service, const RC_SERVICE state)
 	    state == RC_SERVICE_STOPPED ||
 	    state == RC_SERVICE_INACTIVE)
 	{
-		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/%s/%s",
-		    "exclusive", base);
+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+		    svcdir, "exclusive", base);
 		unlink(file);
 	}
 
 	/* Remove any options and daemons the service may have stored */
 	if (state == RC_SERVICE_STOPPED) {
-		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/%s/%s",
-		    "options", base);
+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+		    svcdir, "options", base);
 		rm_dir(file, true);
 
-		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/%s/%s",
-		    "daemons", base);
+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+		   svcdir, "daemons", base);
 		rm_dir(file, true);
 
 		rc_service_schedule_clear(service);
@@ -895,7 +1072,7 @@ rc_service_mark(const char *service, const RC_SERVICE state)
 
 	/* These are final states, so remove us from scheduled */
 	if (state == RC_SERVICE_STARTED || state == RC_SERVICE_STOPPED) {
-		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/%s", "scheduled");
+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s", svcdir, "scheduled");
 		dirs = ls_dir(file, 0);
 		TAILQ_FOREACH(dir, dirs, entries) {
 			snprintf(was, sizeof(was), "%s/%s/%s",
@@ -923,10 +1100,16 @@ rc_service_state(const char *service)
 	RC_STRINGLIST *dirs;
 	RC_STRING *dir;
 	const char *base = basename_c(service);
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
 
 	for (i = 0; rc_service_state_names[i].name; i++) {
-		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/%s/%s",
-		    rc_service_state_names[i].name, base);
+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+		    svcdir, rc_service_state_names[i].name, base);
 		if (exists(file)) {
 			if (rc_service_state_names[i].state <= 0x10)
 				state = rc_service_state_names[i].state;
@@ -940,11 +1123,14 @@ rc_service_state(const char *service)
 			state |= RC_SERVICE_CRASHED;
 	}
 	if (state & RC_SERVICE_STOPPED) {
-		dirs = ls_dir(RC_SVCDIR "/scheduled", 0);
+		char *scheduled;
+		xasprintf(&scheduled, "%s/%s", svcdir, "/scheduled");
+		dirs = ls_dir(scheduled, 0);
+		free(scheduled);
 		TAILQ_FOREACH(dir, dirs, entries) {
 			snprintf(file, sizeof(file),
-			    RC_SVCDIR "/scheduled/%s/%s",
-			    dir->value, service);
+				"%s/scheduled/%s/%s",
+				svcdir, dir->value, service);
 			if (exists(file)) {
 				state |= RC_SERVICE_SCHEDULED;
 				break;
@@ -962,9 +1148,15 @@ rc_service_value_get(const char *service, const char *option)
 	char *buffer = NULL;
 	size_t len = 0;
 	char file[PATH_MAX];
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
 
-	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/options/%s/%s",
-	    service, option);
+	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/options/%s/%s",
+	    svcdir, service, option);
 	rc_getfile(file, &buffer, &len);
 
 	return buffer;
@@ -977,8 +1169,14 @@ rc_service_value_set(const char *service, const char *option,
 	FILE *fp;
 	char file[PATH_MAX];
 	char *p = file;
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
 
-	p += snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/options/%s", service);
+	p += snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/options/%s", svcdir, service);
 	if (mkdir(file, 0755) != 0 && errno != EEXIST)
 		return false;
 
@@ -1002,13 +1200,19 @@ rc_service_schedule_start(const char *service, const char *service_to_start)
 	char *p = file;
 	char *init;
 	bool retval;
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
 
 	/* service may be a provided service, like net */
 	if (!service || !rc_service_exists(service_to_start))
 		return false;
 
-	p += snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/scheduled/%s",
-	    basename_c(service));
+	p += snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/scheduled/%s",
+	    svcdir, basename_c(service));
 	if (mkdir(file, 0755) != 0 && errno != EEXIST)
 		return false;
 
@@ -1024,9 +1228,15 @@ bool
 rc_service_schedule_clear(const char *service)
 {
 	char dir[PATH_MAX];
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
 
-	snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), RC_SVCDIR "/scheduled/%s",
-	    basename_c(service));
+	snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), "%s/scheduled/%s",
+	    svcdir, basename_c(service));
 	if (!rm_dir(dir, true) && errno == ENOENT)
 		return true;
 	return false;
@@ -1037,6 +1247,7 @@ rc_services_in_runlevel(const char *runlevel)
 {
 	char dir[PATH_MAX];
 	RC_STRINGLIST *list = NULL;
+	char *runlevel_dir = RC_RUNLEVELDIR;
 
 	if (!runlevel) {
 #ifdef RC_PKG_INITDIR
@@ -1045,9 +1256,28 @@ rc_services_in_runlevel(const char *runlevel)
 #ifdef RC_LOCAL_INITDIR
 		RC_STRINGLIST *local = ls_dir(RC_LOCAL_INITDIR, LS_INITD);
 #endif
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	RC_STRINGLIST *local_user;
+	RC_STRINGLIST *sys_user;
+	char *user_sysconf;
+	char *user_initdir;
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		user_sysconf = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+		xasprintf(&user_initdir, "%s/%s", user_sysconf, RC_USER_INITDIR_FOLDER);
+
+		local_user = ls_dir(user_initdir, LS_INITD);
+		sys_user = ls_dir(RC_SYS_USER_INITDIR, LS_INITD);
+
+		list = rc_stringlist_new();
+	} else {
+#endif
 
 		list = ls_dir(RC_INITDIR, LS_INITD);
 
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef RC_PKG_INITDIR
 		TAILQ_CONCAT(list, pkg, entries);
 		rc_stringlist_free(pkg);
@@ -1055,14 +1285,38 @@ rc_services_in_runlevel(const char *runlevel)
 #ifdef RC_LOCAL_INITDIR
 		TAILQ_CONCAT(list, local, entries);
 		rc_stringlist_free(local);
+#endif
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		TAILQ_CONCAT(list, local_user, entries);
+		TAILQ_CONCAT(list, sys_user, entries);
+		rc_stringlist_free(local_user);
+		rc_stringlist_free(sys_user);
+		free(user_sysconf);
+		free(user_initdir);
+	}
 #endif
 		return list;
 	}
 
 	/* These special levels never contain any services */
 	if (strcmp(runlevel, RC_LEVEL_SINGLE) != 0) {
-		snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), RC_RUNLEVELDIR "/%s", runlevel);
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		if (rc_is_user()) {
+			char *user_sysconf = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+			xasprintf(&runlevel_dir, "%s/%s", user_sysconf, RC_USER_RUNLEVELS_FOLDER);
+			free(user_sysconf);
+		}
+#endif
+		snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), "%s/%s", runlevel_dir, runlevel);
 		list = ls_dir(dir, LS_INITD);
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		if (rc_is_user()) {
+			free(runlevel_dir);
+		}
+#endif
+
 	}
 	if (!list)
 		list = rc_stringlist_new();
@@ -1095,9 +1349,16 @@ rc_services_in_state(RC_SERVICE state)
 	RC_STRING *d;
 	char dir[PATH_MAX];
 	char *p = dir;
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
 
-	p += snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), RC_SVCDIR "/%s",
-	    rc_parse_service_state(state));
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
+
+	p += snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), "%s/%s",
+	    svcdir, rc_parse_service_state(state));
 
 	if (state != RC_SERVICE_SCHEDULED)
 		return ls_dir(dir, LS_INITD);
@@ -1116,6 +1377,13 @@ rc_services_in_state(RC_SERVICE state)
 		}
 	}
 	rc_stringlist_free(dirs);
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	return list;
 }
 
@@ -1127,7 +1395,15 @@ rc_service_add(const char *runlevel, const char *service)
 	char file[PATH_MAX];
 	char path[MAXPATHLEN] = { '\0' };
 	char binit[PATH_MAX];
+	char *runlevel_dir = RC_RUNLEVELDIR;
 	char *i;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		char *user_sysconf = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+		xasprintf(&runlevel_dir, "%s/%s", user_sysconf, RC_USER_RUNLEVELS_FOLDER);
+		free(user_sysconf);
+	}
+#endif
 
 	if (!rc_runlevel_exists(runlevel)) {
 		errno = ENOENT;
@@ -1140,8 +1416,14 @@ rc_service_add(const char *runlevel, const char *service)
 	}
 
 	i = init = rc_service_resolve(service);
-	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_RUNLEVELDIR "/%s/%s",
-	    runlevel, basename_c(service));
+	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+	    runlevel_dir, runlevel, basename_c(service));
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(runlevel_dir);
+	}
+#endif
 
 	/* We need to ensure that only things in /etc/init.d are added
 	 * to the boot runlevel */
@@ -1168,9 +1450,25 @@ bool
 rc_service_delete(const char *runlevel, const char *service)
 {
 	char file[PATH_MAX];
+	char *runlevel_dir = RC_RUNLEVELDIR;
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		char *user_sysconf = rc_user_sysconfdir();
+		xasprintf(&runlevel_dir, "%s/%s", user_sysconf, RC_USER_RUNLEVELS_FOLDER);
+		free(user_sysconf);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s/%s",
+	    runlevel_dir, runlevel, basename_c(service));
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(runlevel_dir);
+	}
+#endif
 
-	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_RUNLEVELDIR "/%s/%s",
-	    runlevel, basename_c(service));
 	if (unlink(file) == 0)
 		return true;
 	return false;
@@ -1179,14 +1477,25 @@ rc_service_delete(const char *runlevel, const char *service)
 RC_STRINGLIST *
 rc_services_scheduled_by(const char *service)
 {
-	RC_STRINGLIST *dirs = ls_dir(RC_SVCDIR "/scheduled", 0);
+	RC_STRINGLIST *dirs;
 	RC_STRINGLIST *list = rc_stringlist_new();
 	RC_STRING *dir;
 	char file[PATH_MAX];
+	char *scheduled;
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
 
+	xasprintf(&scheduled, "%s/%s", svcdir, "/scheduled");
+	dirs = ls_dir(scheduled, 0);
+	free(scheduled);
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(dir, dirs, entries) {
-		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), RC_SVCDIR "/scheduled/%s/%s",
-		    dir->value, service);
+		snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/scheduled/%s/%s",
+		    svcdir, dir->value, service);
 		if (exists(file))
 			rc_stringlist_add(list, file);
 	}
@@ -1198,8 +1507,15 @@ RC_STRINGLIST *
 rc_services_scheduled(const char *service)
 {
 	char dir[PATH_MAX];
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
 
-	snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), RC_SVCDIR "/scheduled/%s",
-	    basename_c(service));
+	snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), "%s/scheduled/%s",
+	    svcdir, basename_c(service));
 	return ls_dir(dir, LS_INITD);
 }
diff --git a/src/openrc-run/meson.build b/src/openrc-run/meson.build
index 2e4b29a0e..5de604560 100644
--- a/src/openrc-run/meson.build
+++ b/src/openrc-run/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 executable('openrc-run',
   ['openrc-run.c', misc_c, plugin_c, selinux_c, usage_c, version_h],
-  c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
+  c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags, cc_user_services_flags],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
   dependencies: [audit_dep, dl_dep, pam_dep, pam_misc_dep, selinux_dep, util_dep, crypt_dep],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ executable('openrc-run',
 
 executable('runscript',
   ['openrc-run.c', misc_c, plugin_c, selinux_c, usage_c, version_h],
-  c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
+  c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags, cc_user_services_flags],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
   dependencies: [audit_dep, dl_dep, pam_dep, pam_misc_dep, selinux_dep, util_dep, crypt_dep],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
diff --git a/src/openrc-run/openrc-run.c b/src/openrc-run/openrc-run.c
index 2b1d37462..4484445a0 100644
--- a/src/openrc-run/openrc-run.c
+++ b/src/openrc-run/openrc-run.c
@@ -348,6 +348,13 @@ svc_exec(const char *arg1, const char *arg2)
 	int slave_tty;
 	sigset_t sigchldmask;
 	sigset_t oldmask;
+	char *runsh;
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
 
 	/* Setup our signal pipe */
 	if (pipe(signal_pipe) == -1)
@@ -388,20 +395,19 @@ svc_exec(const char *arg1, const char *arg2)
 			dup2(slave_tty, STDERR_FILENO);
 		}
 
-		if (exists(RC_SVCDIR "/openrc-run.sh")) {
+		xasprintf(&runsh, "%s/%s", svcdir, "openrc-run.sh");
+		if (exists(runsh)) {
 			if (arg2)
 				einfov("Executing: %s %s %s %s %s",
-					RC_SVCDIR "/openrc-run.sh", RC_SVCDIR "/openrc-run.sh",
+					runsh, runsh,
 					service, arg1, arg2);
 			else
 				einfov("Executing: %s %s %s %s",
-					RC_SVCDIR "/openrc-run.sh", RC_SVCDIR "/openrc-run.sh",
+					runsh, runsh,
 					service, arg1);
-			execl(RC_SVCDIR "/openrc-run.sh",
-			    RC_SVCDIR "/openrc-run.sh",
-			    service, arg1, arg2, (char *) NULL);
-			eerror("%s: exec `" RC_SVCDIR "/openrc-run.sh': %s",
-			    service, strerror(errno));
+			execl(runsh, runsh, service, arg1, arg2, (char *) NULL);
+			eerror("%s: exec '%s': %s",
+			    service, runsh, strerror(errno));
 			_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		} else {
 			if (arg2)
@@ -421,7 +427,14 @@ svc_exec(const char *arg1, const char *arg2)
 			    service, strerror(errno));
 			_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
+		free(runsh);
+	}
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(svcdir);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	buffer = xmalloc(sizeof(char) * BUFSIZ);
 	fd[0].fd = signal_pipe[0];
@@ -491,6 +504,12 @@ svc_wait(const char *svc)
 	bool forever = false;
 	RC_STRINGLIST *keywords;
 	struct timespec interval, timeout, warn;
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
 
 	/* Some services don't have a timeout, like fsck */
 	keywords = rc_deptree_depend(deptree, svc, "keyword");
@@ -499,7 +518,13 @@ svc_wait(const char *svc)
 		forever = true;
 	rc_stringlist_free(keywords);
 
-	xasprintf(&file, RC_SVCDIR "/exclusive/%s", basename_c(svc));
+	xasprintf(&file, "%s/exclusive/%s", svcdir, basename_c(svc));
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
 
 	interval.tv_sec = 0;
 	interval.tv_nsec = WAIT_INTERVAL;
diff --git a/src/openrc/meson.build b/src/openrc/meson.build
index 9ab32ef42..3ad0d62b0 100644
--- a/src/openrc/meson.build
+++ b/src/openrc/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 executable('openrc',
   ['rc.c', 'rc-logger.c', misc_c, plugin_c, usage_c, version_h],
-  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  c_args : [cc_branding_flags, cc_user_services_flags],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
   dependencies: [dl_dep, util_dep],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ executable('openrc',
 
 executable('rc',
   ['rc.c', 'rc-logger.c', misc_c, plugin_c, usage_c, version_h],
-  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  c_args : [cc_branding_flags, cc_user_services_flags],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
   dependencies: [dl_dep, util_dep],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
diff --git a/src/openrc/rc.c b/src/openrc/rc.c
index aaf1043e9..5e026ee42 100644
--- a/src/openrc/rc.c
+++ b/src/openrc/rc.c
@@ -49,12 +49,20 @@
 #include "helpers.h"
 
 const char *extraopts = NULL;
-const char getoptstring[] = "a:no:s:S" getoptstring_COMMON;
+const char getoptstring[] = "a:no:s:S" getoptstring_COMMON
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+getoptstring_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
+;
+
 const struct option longopts[] = {
 	{ "no-stop", 0, NULL, 'n' },
 	{ "override",    1, NULL, 'o' },
 	{ "service",     1, NULL, 's' },
 	{ "sys",         0, NULL, 'S' },
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	longopts_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 	longopts_COMMON
 };
 const char * const longopts_help[] = {
@@ -62,6 +70,9 @@ const char * const longopts_help[] = {
 	"override the next runlevel to change into\nwhen leaving single user or boot runlevels",
 	"runs the service specified with the rest\nof the arguments",
 	"output the RC system type, if any",
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	longopts_help_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 	longopts_help_COMMON
 };
 const char *usagestring = ""					\
@@ -118,6 +129,12 @@ cleanup(void)
 {
 	RC_PID *p1 = LIST_FIRST(&service_pids);
 	RC_PID *p2;
+	char *rc_starting = RC_STARTING;
+	char *rc_stopping = RC_STOPPING;
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	char *user_svcdir;
+#endif
 
 	if (!rc_in_logger && !rc_in_plugin &&
 	    applet && (strcmp(applet, "rc") == 0 || strcmp(applet, "openrc") == 0))
@@ -132,11 +149,27 @@ cleanup(void)
 			free(termios_orig);
 		}
 
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		user_svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+		xasprintf(&rc_starting, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_STARTING_FOLDER);
+		xasprintf(&rc_stopping, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_STOPPING_FOLDER);
+		free(user_svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
+
 		/* Clean runlevel start, stop markers */
-		rmdir(RC_STARTING);
-		rmdir(RC_STOPPING);
+		rmdir(rc_starting);
+		rmdir(rc_stopping);
 		clean_failed();
 		rc_logger_close();
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		if (rc_is_user()) {
+			free(rc_starting);
+			free(rc_stopping);
+		}
+#endif
 	}
 
 	while (p1) {
@@ -727,10 +760,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int depoptions = RC_DEP_STRICT | RC_DEP_TRACE;
 	char *krunlevel = NULL;
 	char *pidstr = NULL;
+	char *rc_starting = RC_STARTING;
+	char *rc_stopping = RC_STOPPING;
 	int opt;
 	bool parallel;
 	int regen = 0;
 	bool nostop = false;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	char *user_svcdir = NULL;
+	char *user_sysconfdir = NULL;
+#endif
 #ifdef __linux__
 	char *proc;
 	char *p;
@@ -756,11 +795,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (chdir("/") == -1)
 		eerror("chdir: %s", strerror(errno));
 
-	/* Ensure our environment is pure
-	 * Also, add our configuration to it */
-	env_filter();
-	env_config();
-
 	/* complain about old configuration settings if they exist */
 	if (exists(RC_CONF_OLD)) {
 		ewarn("%s still exists on your system and should be removed.",
@@ -805,10 +839,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				printf("%s\n", systype);
 			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 			/* NOTREACHED */
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		case_RC_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 		case_RC_COMMON_GETOPT
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Ensure our environment is pure
+	 * Also, add our configuration to it */
+	env_filter();
+	env_config();
+
 	if (strcmp(applet, "rc") == 0)
 		ewarn("rc is deprecated, please use openrc instead.");
 	newlevel = argv[optind++];
@@ -830,6 +872,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	setenv("RC_PID", pidstr, 1);
 	free(pidstr);
 
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		user_svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+		xasprintf(&rc_stopping, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_STOPPING_FOLDER);
+		xasprintf(&rc_starting, "%s/%s", user_svcdir, RC_STARTING_FOLDER);
+		free(user_svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	/* Create a list of all services which should be started for the new or
 	* current runlevel including those in boot, sysinit and hotplugged
 	* runlevels.  Clearly, some of these will already be started so we
@@ -932,7 +983,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* Clean the failed services state dir */
 	clean_failed();
 
-	if (mkdir(RC_STOPPING, 0755) != 0) {
+	if (mkdir(rc_stopping, 0755) != 0) {
 		if (errno == EACCES)
 			eerrorx("%s: superuser access required", applet);
 		eerrorx("%s: failed to create stopping dir `%s': %s",
@@ -1018,7 +1069,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	    going_down ? newlevel : runlevel);
 	hook_out = 0;
 
-	rmdir(RC_STOPPING);
+	rmdir(rc_stopping);
 
 	/* Store the new runlevel */
 	if (newlevel) {
@@ -1035,7 +1086,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		rc_logger_close();
 #endif
 
-	mkdir(RC_STARTING, 0755);
+	mkdir(rc_starting, 0755);
 	rc_plugin_run(RC_HOOK_RUNLEVEL_START_IN, runlevel);
 	hook_out = RC_HOOK_RUNLEVEL_START_OUT;
 
@@ -1083,6 +1134,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 		rc_stringlist_free(runlevel_chain);
 	}
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(rc_stopping);
+		free(rc_starting);
+	}
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 	/* If the "noinit" parameter was passed on the kernel command line then
diff --git a/src/rc-service/meson.build b/src/rc-service/meson.build
index 3a109d8e6..543daf451 100644
--- a/src/rc-service/meson.build
+++ b/src/rc-service/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 executable('rc-service',
   ['rc-service.c', misc_c, usage_c, version_h],
-  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  c_args : [cc_branding_flags, cc_user_services_flags],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
   install: true,
diff --git a/src/rc-service/rc-service.c b/src/rc-service/rc-service.c
index 3d2eb730b..5127e75f2 100644
--- a/src/rc-service/rc-service.c
+++ b/src/rc-service/rc-service.c
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@
 
 const char *applet = NULL;
 const char *extraopts = NULL;
-const char getoptstring[] = "cdDe:ilr:INsSZ" getoptstring_COMMON;
+const char getoptstring[] = "cdDe:ilr:INsSZ" getoptstring_COMMON
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+getoptstring_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
+;
 const struct option longopts[] = {
 	{ "debug",     0, NULL, 'd' },
 	{ "nodeps",     0, NULL, 'D' },
@@ -45,6 +49,9 @@ const struct option longopts[] = {
 	{ "list",     0, NULL, 'l' },
 	{ "resolve",  1, NULL, 'r' },
 	{ "dry-run",     0, NULL, 'Z' },
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	longopts_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 	longopts_COMMON
 };
 const char * const longopts_help[] = {
@@ -60,6 +67,9 @@ const char * const longopts_help[] = {
 	"list all available services",
 	"resolve the service name to an init script",
 	"dry run (show what would happen)",
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	longopts_help_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 	longopts_help_COMMON
 };
 const char *usagestring = ""							\
@@ -141,7 +151,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'Z':
 			setenv("IN_DRYRUN", "yes", 1);
 			break;
-
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		case_RC_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 		case_RC_COMMON_GETOPT
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/rc-status/meson.build b/src/rc-status/meson.build
index 7377d8372..ee3f3782f 100644
--- a/src/rc-status/meson.build
+++ b/src/rc-status/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 executable('rc-status',
   ['rc-status.c', misc_c, usage_c, version_h],
-  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  c_args : [cc_branding_flags, cc_user_services_flags],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
   dependencies: [util_dep],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
diff --git a/src/rc-status/rc-status.c b/src/rc-status/rc-status.c
index 78d5a6af0..d56fe8307 100644
--- a/src/rc-status/rc-status.c
+++ b/src/rc-status/rc-status.c
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ enum format_t {
 
 const char *applet = NULL;
 const char *extraopts = NULL;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+const char getoptstring[] = "acf:lmrsSu" getoptstring_COMMON getoptstring_USER_SERVICES;
+#else
 const char getoptstring[] = "acf:lmrsSu" getoptstring_COMMON;
+#endif
 const struct option longopts[] = {
 	{"all",         0, NULL, 'a'},
 	{"crashed",     0, NULL, 'c'},
@@ -50,6 +54,9 @@ const struct option longopts[] = {
 	{"servicelist", 0, NULL, 's'},
 	{"supervised", 0, NULL, 'S'},
 	{"unused",      0, NULL, 'u'},
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	longopts_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 	longopts_COMMON
 };
 const char * const longopts_help[] = {
@@ -62,6 +69,9 @@ const char * const longopts_help[] = {
 	"Show service list",
 	"show supervised services",
 	"Show services not assigned to any runlevel",
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	longopts_help_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 	longopts_help_COMMON
 };
 const char *usagestring = ""						\
@@ -354,6 +364,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			goto exit;
 			/* NOTREACHED */
 
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		case_RC_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 		case_RC_COMMON_GETOPT
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/rc-update/meson.build b/src/rc-update/meson.build
index 7d2849791..4d3b9015d 100644
--- a/src/rc-update/meson.build
+++ b/src/rc-update/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 executable('rc-update',
   ['rc-update.c', misc_c, usage_c, version_h],
-  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  c_args : [cc_branding_flags, cc_user_services_flags],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
   install: true,
diff --git a/src/rc-update/rc-update.c b/src/rc-update/rc-update.c
index 64d781a58..f4bbbe88a 100644
--- a/src/rc-update/rc-update.c
+++ b/src/rc-update/rc-update.c
@@ -36,17 +36,27 @@ const char *usagestring = ""							\
 	"Usage: rc-update [options] add <service> [<runlevel>...]\n"	\
 	"   or: rc-update [options] del <service> [<runlevel>...]\n"	\
 	"   or: rc-update [options] [show [<runlevel>...]]";
-const char getoptstring[] = "asu" getoptstring_COMMON;
+const char getoptstring[] = "asu" getoptstring_COMMON
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+getoptstring_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
+;
 const struct option longopts[] = {
 	{ "all",             0, NULL, 'a' },
 	{ "stack",           0, NULL, 's' },
 	{ "update",          0, NULL, 'u' },
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	longopts_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 	longopts_COMMON
 };
 const char * const longopts_help[] = {
 	"Process all runlevels",
 	"Stack a runlevel instead of a service",
 	"Force an update of the dependency tree",
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	longopts_help_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 	longopts_help_COMMON
 };
 
@@ -236,6 +246,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			if (deptree)
 				rc_deptree_free(deptree);
 			return ret;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+		case_RC_USER_SERVICES
+#endif
 		case_RC_COMMON_GETOPT
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/shared/_usage.h b/src/shared/_usage.h
index 91b956e06..3264ad6f6 100644
--- a/src/shared/_usage.h
+++ b/src/shared/_usage.h
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@
 	case 'q': case_RC_COMMON_getopt_case_q; break;			      \
 	default:  case_RC_COMMON_getopt_default; break;
 
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+#define case_RC_USER_SERVICES \
+	case 'U': rc_set_user(); break;
+#define getoptstring_USER_SERVICES "U"
+#define longopts_USER_SERVICES \
+	{ "user",          0, NULL, 'U'},
+#define longopts_help_USER_SERVICES \
+	"use user facing services",
+#endif
+
 extern const char *applet;
 extern const char *extraopts;
 extern const char getoptstring[];
diff --git a/src/shared/misc.c b/src/shared/misc.c
index 28f95b34a..e64ba32d3 100644
--- a/src/shared/misc.c
+++ b/src/shared/misc.c
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ env_filter(void)
 
 	/* Add the user defined list of vars */
 	env_allow = rc_stringlist_split(rc_conf_value("rc_env_allow"), " ");
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	/* Needed for local user services to be found */
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		rc_stringlist_addu(env_allow, "HOME");
+		rc_stringlist_addu(env_allow, "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
+		rc_stringlist_addu(env_allow, "XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+		rc_stringlist_addu(env_allow, "RC_USER_SERVICES");
+	}
+#endif
 	/*
 	 * If '*' is an entry in rc_env_allow, do nothing as we are to pass
 	 * through all environment variables.
@@ -238,8 +248,22 @@ svc_lock(const char *applet)
 {
 	char *file = NULL;
 	int fd;
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
+
+	xasprintf(&file, "%s/exclusive/%s", svcdir, applet);
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
 
-	xasprintf(&file, RC_SVCDIR "/exclusive/%s", applet);
 	fd = open(file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_NONBLOCK, 0664);
 	free(file);
 	if (fd == -1)
@@ -256,8 +280,22 @@ int
 svc_unlock(const char *applet, int fd)
 {
 	char *file = NULL;
+	char *svcdir = RC_SVCDIR;
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+	}
+#endif
+
+	xasprintf(&file, "%s/exclusive/%s", svcdir, applet);
+
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
 
-	xasprintf(&file, RC_SVCDIR "/exclusive/%s", applet);
 	close(fd);
 	unlink(file);
 	free(file);
@@ -368,15 +406,33 @@ RC_DEPTREE * _rc_deptree_load(int force, int *regen)
 	struct stat st;
 	struct utimbuf ut;
 	FILE *fp;
+	char *cache = RC_DEPTREE_CACHE;
+	char *skew = RC_DEPTREE_SKEWED;
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	char *user_svcdir;
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		user_svcdir = rc_user_svcdir();
+		xasprintf(&cache, "%s%s", user_svcdir, RC_DEPTREE_CACHE_FILE);
+		xasprintf(&skew, "%s%s", user_svcdir, RC_DEPTREE_SKEWED_FILE);
+		free(user_svcdir);
+	}
+#endif
 
 	t = 0;
 	if (rc_deptree_update_needed(&t, file) || force != 0) {
 		/* Test if we have permission to update the deptree */
-		fd = open(RC_DEPTREE_CACHE, O_WRONLY);
+		fd = open(cache, O_WRONLY);
 		merrno = errno;
 		errno = serrno;
-		if (fd == -1 && merrno == EACCES)
+		if (fd == -1 && merrno == EACCES) {
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+			if (rc_is_user()) {
+				free(cache);
+				free(skew);
+			}
+#endif
 			return rc_deptree_load();
+		}
 		close(fd);
 
 		if (regen)
@@ -386,30 +442,41 @@ RC_DEPTREE * _rc_deptree_load(int force, int *regen)
 		eend (retval, "Failed to update the dependency tree");
 
 		if (retval == 0) {
-			if (stat(RC_DEPTREE_CACHE, &st) != 0) {
-				eerror("stat(%s): %s", RC_DEPTREE_CACHE, strerror(errno));
+			if (stat(cache, &st) != 0) {
+				eerror("stat(%s): %s", cache, strerror(errno));
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+				if (rc_is_user()) {
+					free(cache);
+					free(skew);
+				}
+#endif
 				return NULL;
 			}
 			if (st.st_mtime < t) {
 				eerror("Clock skew detected with `%s'", file);
-				eerrorn("Adjusting mtime of `" RC_DEPTREE_CACHE
-				    "' to %s", ctime(&t));
-				fp = fopen(RC_DEPTREE_SKEWED, "w");
+				eerrorn("Adjusting mtime of '%s' to %s", cache, ctime(&t));
+				fp = fopen(skew, "w");
 				if (fp != NULL) {
 					fprintf(fp, "%s\n", file);
 					fclose(fp);
 				}
 				ut.actime = t;
 				ut.modtime = t;
-				utime(RC_DEPTREE_CACHE, &ut);
+				utime(cache, &ut);
 			} else {
-				if (exists(RC_DEPTREE_SKEWED))
-					unlink(RC_DEPTREE_SKEWED);
+				if (exists(skew))
+					unlink(skew);
 			}
 		}
 		if (force == -1 && regen != NULL)
 			*regen = retval;
 	}
+#ifdef RC_USER_SERVICES
+	if (rc_is_user()) {
+		free(cache);
+		free(skew);
+	}
+#endif
 	return rc_deptree_load();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/misc.h b/src/shared/misc.h
index 099206c82..db854bdf5 100644
--- a/src/shared/misc.h
+++ b/src/shared/misc.h
@@ -33,11 +33,15 @@
 #define RC_LEVEL_BOOT           "boot"
 #define RC_LEVEL_DEFAULT        "default"
 
-#define RC_DEPTREE_CACHE        RC_SVCDIR "/deptree"
-#define RC_DEPTREE_SKEWED	RC_SVCDIR "/clock-skewed"
+#define RC_DEPTREE_CACHE_FILE   "/deptree"
+#define RC_DEPTREE_CACHE        RC_SVCDIR RC_DEPTREE_CACHE_FILE
+#define RC_DEPTREE_SKEWED_FILE  "/clock-skewed"
+#define RC_DEPTREE_SKEWED       RC_SVCDIR RC_DEPTREE_SKEWED_FILE
 #define RC_KRUNLEVEL            RC_SVCDIR "/krunlevel"
-#define RC_STARTING             RC_SVCDIR "/rc.starting"
-#define RC_STOPPING             RC_SVCDIR "/rc.stopping"
+#define RC_STARTING_FOLDER      "/rc.starting"
+#define RC_STARTING             RC_SVCDIR RC_STARTING_FOLDER
+#define RC_STOPPING_FOLDER      "/rc.stopping"
+#define RC_STOPPING             RC_SVCDIR RC_STOPPING_FOLDER
 
 #define RC_SVCDIR_STARTING      RC_SVCDIR "/starting"
 #define RC_SVCDIR_INACTIVE      RC_SVCDIR "/inactive"