diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c56ca6ec..5beae7ec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ ver. 0.10.1-dev-1 (2016/??/??) - development edition
 -----------
 
 ### Fixes
+* fix Gentoo init script's shebang to use openrc-run instead of runscript
 * jail "pass2allow-ftp" supply blocktype and returntype parameters to the action (gh-1884)
 * avoid using "ANSI_X3.4-1968" as preferred encoding (if missing environment variables 
   'LANGUAGE', 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', and 'LANG', see gh-1587).
diff --git a/files/gentoo-initd b/files/gentoo-initd
index c4d8675c..d4e52bcb 100755
--- a/files/gentoo-initd
+++ b/files/gentoo-initd
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/sbin/runscript
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
 # This file is part of Fail2Ban.
 #
 # Fail2Ban is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify