diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e39395a..cace910 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Fine tunning of boot configuration:
   --SYSCTL=BOOLEAN                 configure kernel runtime with sysctl [!yes]
   --SYSUSER=BOOLEAN		   Run sysusers on boot
   --FORCECHCK=BOOLEAN              force a check of the filesystem [!no]
-  --LOCAL=BOOLEAN                  use rc.local scripts [!no]
+  --LOCAL=BOOLEAN                  use rc.local scripts [!yes]
   --CONTAINER=BOOLEAN              boot inside a container [!no]
   --TMPFILE=BOOLEAN                use tmpfiles.d files [!yes]
   --MODULE_KERNEL=BOOLEAN          load modules kernel [!yes]
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ UDEV='!yes'
 SYSCTL='!yes'
 SYSUSER='!yes'
 FORCECHCK='!no'
-LOCAL='!no'
+LOCAL='!yes'
 CONTAINER='!no'
 TMPFILE='!yes'
 MODULE_KERNEL='!yes'
diff --git a/module/boot@/service/local/local-rc b/module/boot@/service/local/local-rc
index 7890b73..5d5ca19 100644
--- a/module/boot@/service/local/local-rc
+++ b/module/boot@/service/local/local-rc
@@ -19,13 +19,33 @@
 [start]
 @execute =
 (
-    if { 66-yeller -cdp local-rc -1 /dev/console starts... }
-    if -nt {
-
-        ${script_file}
+	if { 66-yeller -cdp local-rc -1 /dev/console starts... }
+	if -nt {
+		# - Execute /etc/local.d/*.start scripts if they are +x
+		# - Execute ${script_file}
+		foreground {
+			elglob -0 start_scripts /etc/local.d/*.start
+				forx -E script { ${start_scripts} }
+					if { test -x ${script} }
+					${script}
+		}
+		${script_file}
+	}
+	66-yeller -fcdp local-rc -1 /dev/console crashed!
+)
 
-    }
-    66-yeller -fcdp local-rc -1 /dev/console crashed!
+[stop]
+@execute =
+(
+	if { 66-yeller -cdp local-rc -1 /dev/console stops... }
+	if -nt {
+		# - Execute /etc/local.d/*.stop scripts if they are +x
+		elglob -0 stop_scripts /etc/local.d/*.stop
+			forx -E script { ${stop_scripts} }
+				if { test -x ${script} }
+				${script}
+	}
+	66-yeller -fcdp local-rc -1 /dev/console crashed!
 )
 
 [environment]