diff --git a/package-configuration/centos-agent/centos-celeryd-cloudify.init.template b/package-configuration/centos-agent/centos-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
index 638693a2..0f3ee5fc 100644
--- a/package-configuration/centos-agent/centos-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
+++ b/package-configuration/centos-agent/centos-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
@@ -18,11 +18,18 @@
 # Short-Description: celery task worker daemon
 ### END INIT INFO
 
+# Can be a runlevel symlink (e.g. S02celeryd)
+if [ -L "$0" ]; then
+    SCRIPT_FILE=$(readlink "$0")
+else
+    SCRIPT_FILE="$0"
+fi
+SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "$SCRIPT_FILE")"
+
 WORKER_MODIFIER="{{ worker_modifier }}"
 CELERY_BASE_DIR="{{ celery_base_dir }}"
-ME=$(basename $0)
 export CELERY_WORK_DIR="${CELERY_BASE_DIR}/cloudify.${WORKER_MODIFIER}/work"
-CELERY_DEFAULTS="/etc/default/${ME}"
+CELERY_DEFAULTS="/etc/default/${SCRIPT_NAME}"
 
 # some commands work asyncronously, so we'll wait this many seconds
 SLEEP_SECONDS=5
diff --git a/package-configuration/debian-agent/debian-celeryd-cloudify.init.template b/package-configuration/debian-agent/debian-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
index 638693a2..0f3ee5fc 100644
--- a/package-configuration/debian-agent/debian-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
+++ b/package-configuration/debian-agent/debian-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
@@ -18,11 +18,18 @@
 # Short-Description: celery task worker daemon
 ### END INIT INFO
 
+# Can be a runlevel symlink (e.g. S02celeryd)
+if [ -L "$0" ]; then
+    SCRIPT_FILE=$(readlink "$0")
+else
+    SCRIPT_FILE="$0"
+fi
+SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "$SCRIPT_FILE")"
+
 WORKER_MODIFIER="{{ worker_modifier }}"
 CELERY_BASE_DIR="{{ celery_base_dir }}"
-ME=$(basename $0)
 export CELERY_WORK_DIR="${CELERY_BASE_DIR}/cloudify.${WORKER_MODIFIER}/work"
-CELERY_DEFAULTS="/etc/default/${ME}"
+CELERY_DEFAULTS="/etc/default/${SCRIPT_NAME}"
 
 # some commands work asyncronously, so we'll wait this many seconds
 SLEEP_SECONDS=5
diff --git a/package-configuration/ubuntu-agent/Ubuntu-celeryd-cloudify.init.template b/package-configuration/ubuntu-agent/Ubuntu-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
index 638693a2..0f3ee5fc 100644
--- a/package-configuration/ubuntu-agent/Ubuntu-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
+++ b/package-configuration/ubuntu-agent/Ubuntu-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
@@ -18,11 +18,18 @@
 # Short-Description: celery task worker daemon
 ### END INIT INFO
 
+# Can be a runlevel symlink (e.g. S02celeryd)
+if [ -L "$0" ]; then
+    SCRIPT_FILE=$(readlink "$0")
+else
+    SCRIPT_FILE="$0"
+fi
+SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "$SCRIPT_FILE")"
+
 WORKER_MODIFIER="{{ worker_modifier }}"
 CELERY_BASE_DIR="{{ celery_base_dir }}"
-ME=$(basename $0)
 export CELERY_WORK_DIR="${CELERY_BASE_DIR}/cloudify.${WORKER_MODIFIER}/work"
-CELERY_DEFAULTS="/etc/default/${ME}"
+CELERY_DEFAULTS="/etc/default/${SCRIPT_NAME}"
 
 # some commands work asyncronously, so we'll wait this many seconds
 SLEEP_SECONDS=5
diff --git a/package-configuration/ubuntu-commercial-agent/Ubuntu-celeryd-cloudify.init.template b/package-configuration/ubuntu-commercial-agent/Ubuntu-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
index 638693a2..0f3ee5fc 100644
--- a/package-configuration/ubuntu-commercial-agent/Ubuntu-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
+++ b/package-configuration/ubuntu-commercial-agent/Ubuntu-celeryd-cloudify.init.template
@@ -18,11 +18,18 @@
 # Short-Description: celery task worker daemon
 ### END INIT INFO
 
+# Can be a runlevel symlink (e.g. S02celeryd)
+if [ -L "$0" ]; then
+    SCRIPT_FILE=$(readlink "$0")
+else
+    SCRIPT_FILE="$0"
+fi
+SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "$SCRIPT_FILE")"
+
 WORKER_MODIFIER="{{ worker_modifier }}"
 CELERY_BASE_DIR="{{ celery_base_dir }}"
-ME=$(basename $0)
 export CELERY_WORK_DIR="${CELERY_BASE_DIR}/cloudify.${WORKER_MODIFIER}/work"
-CELERY_DEFAULTS="/etc/default/${ME}"
+CELERY_DEFAULTS="/etc/default/${SCRIPT_NAME}"
 
 # some commands work asyncronously, so we'll wait this many seconds
 SLEEP_SECONDS=5