diff --git a/doc/examples/ganeti.initd.in b/doc/examples/ganeti.initd.in
index a591be6cdbbe759290aa49ddc22dab0248b734b6..8ca98ead454c967b8d2ab90b0ab1389a0f5f4a59 100644
--- a/doc/examples/ganeti.initd.in
+++ b/doc/examples/ganeti.initd.in
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ DESC="Ganeti cluster"
 
 GANETIRUNDIR="@LOCALSTATEDIR@/run/ganeti"
 
+GANETI_DEFAULTS_FILE="@SYSCONFDIR@/default/ganeti"
+
 NODED_NAME="ganeti-noded"
 NODED="@PREFIX@/sbin/${NODED_NAME}"
 NODED_PID="${GANETIRUNDIR}/${NODED_NAME}.pid"
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ test -f $NODED || exit 0
 
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
+if [ -s $GANETI_DEFAULTS_FILE ]; then
+    . $GANETI_DEFAULTS_FILE
+fi
+
 check_config() {
     for fname in \
         "@LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/ganeti/server.pem"