diff --git a/src/modules/openrccfg/main.py b/src/modules/openrccfg/main.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# === This file is part of Calamares - <http://github.com/calamares> ===
+#
+#   Copyright 2016, Artoo <artoo@manjaro.org>
+#   Copyright 2017, Philip Müller <philm@manjaro.org>
+#   Copyright 2018, Artoo <artoo@artixlinux.org>
+#
+#   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#   (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   Calamares is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import libcalamares
+
+from libcalamares.utils import target_env_call
+from os.path import exists, join
+
+
+class OpenrcController:
+    """This is the openrc service controller
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.root = libcalamares.globalstorage.value('rootMountPoint')
+        self.services = libcalamares.job.configuration.get('services', [])
+        self.initdDir = libcalamares.job.configuration['initdDir']
+        self.runlevelsDir = libcalamares.job.configuration['runlevelsDir']
+
+    def update(self, state):
+        """call rc-update for each service listed
+        """
+
+        for svc in self.services[state]:
+            if exists(self.root + self.initdDir + "/" + svc["name"]):
+                if exists(self.root + self.runlevelsDir + "/" + svc["runlevel"]):
+                    target_env_call(
+                        ["rc-update", state, svc["name"], svc["runlevel"]]
+                    )
+
+    def run(self):
+        """Run the controller
+        """
+
+        for state in self.services.keys():
+            self.update(state)
+
+def run():
+    """Setup services
+    """
+
+    return OpenrcController().run()
diff --git a/src/modules/openrccfg/module.desc b/src/modules/openrccfg/module.desc
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+---
+type:       "job"
+name:       "openrccfg"
+interface:  "python"
+script:     "main.py"
diff --git a/src/modules/openrccfg/openrccfg.conf b/src/modules/openrccfg/openrccfg.conf
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+# operccfg
+# openrc services module to set service runlevels via rc-update in the chroot
+#
+# format of the conf
+###
+# services:
+#     add:
+#         - name: foo1
+#           runlevel: default
+#         - name: foo2
+#           runlevel: nonetwork
+#     del:
+#         - name: foo3
+#           runlevel: default
+#
+# initdDir: /etc/init.d
+#
+# runlevelsDir: /etc/runlevels
+####
+# add: list of services and their runlevels to add
+# del: list of services and their runlevels to delete
+# name: the service name
+# runlevel: can hold any runlevel present on the target system
+# initdDir: holds the openrc service directory location
+# runlevelsDir: holds the runlevels directory location
+#
+# handle del with care and only use it if absolutely necessary
+# if a service is listed in the conf but is not present/detected on the target system,
+# or a runlevel does not exist, it will be ignored and skipped
+#
+---
+services:
+    add:
+        - name: "NetworkManager"
+          runlevel: "default"
+
+initdDir: /etc/init.d
+
+runlevelsDir: /etc/runlevels