diff --git a/src/misc-progs/addonctrl.c b/src/misc-progs/addonctrl.c
index 14b4b1325..8eb7fbfa5 100644
--- a/src/misc-progs/addonctrl.c
+++ b/src/misc-progs/addonctrl.c
@@ -10,71 +10,408 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <fnmatch.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include "setuid.h"
 
 #define BUFFER_SIZE 1024
 
+const char *initd_path = "/etc/rc.d/init.d";
+const char *enabled_path = "/etc/rc.d/rc3.d";
+const char *disabled_path = "/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/off";
+
+const char *usage = 
+    "Usage\n"
+    "  addonctrl <addon> (start|stop|restart|reload|enable|disable|status|boot-status|list-services) [<service>]\n"
+    "\n"
+    "Options:\n"
+    "  <addon>\t\tName of the addon to control\n"
+    "  <service>\t\tSpecific service of the addon to control (optional)\n"
+    "  \t\t\tBy default the requested action is performed on all related services. See also 'list-services'.\n"
+    "  start\t\t\tStart service(s) of the addon\n"
+    "  stop\t\t\tStop service(s) of the addon\n"
+    "  restart\t\tRestart service(s) of the addon\n"
+    "  enable\t\tEnable service(s) of the addon to start at boot\n"
+    "  disable\t\tDisable service(s) of the addon to start at boot\n"
+    "  status\t\tDisplay current state of addon service(s)\n"
+    "  boot-status\t\tDisplay wether service(s) is enabled on boot or not\n"
+    "  list-services\t\tDisplay a list of services related to the addon";
+
+// Find a file <path> using <filepattern> as glob pattern. 
+// Returns the found filename or NULL if not found
+char *find_file_in_dir(const char *path, const char *filepattern) 
+{
+    struct dirent *entry;
+    DIR *dp;
+    char *found = NULL;
+
+    dp = opendir(path);
+    if (dp) {
+        entry = readdir(dp);
+        while(!found && entry) {
+            if (fnmatch(filepattern, entry->d_name, FNM_PATHNAME) == 0)
+                found = strdup(entry->d_name);
+            else
+                entry = readdir(dp);
+        }
+
+        closedir(dp);
+    }
+
+    return found;
+}
+
+// Reads Services metadata for <addon>.
+// Returns pointer to array of strings containing the services for <addon>,
+// sets <servicescnt> to the number of found services and 
+// sets <returncode> to 
+// -1 - system error occured, check errno
+// 0 - success - if returned array is NULL, there are no services for <addon>
+// 1 - addon was not found
+char **get_addon_services(const char *addon, int *servicescnt, const char *filter, int *returncode) {
+    const char *metafile_prefix = "/opt/pakfire/db/installed/meta-";
+    const char *metadata_key = "Services";
+    const char *keyvalue_delim = ":";
+    const char *service_delim = " ";
+    char *token;
+    char **services = NULL;
+    char *service;
+    char *line = NULL;
+    size_t line_len = 0;
+    int i = 0;
+    char *metafile = NULL;
+
+    *returncode = 0;
+ 
+    if (!addon) {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        *returncode = 1;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    *returncode = asprintf(&metafile, "%s%s", metafile_prefix, addon);
+    if (*returncode == -1)
+        return NULL;
+
+    FILE *fp = fopen(metafile,"r");
+    if (!fp) {
+        if (errno == ENOENT) {
+            *returncode = 1;
+        } else {
+            *returncode = -1;
+        }
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    // Get initscript(s) for addon from meta-file
+    while (getline(&line, &line_len, fp) != -1 && !services) {
+        // Strip newline
+        char *newline = strchr(line, '\n');
+        if (newline) *newline = 0;
+
+        // Split line in key and values; Check for required key.
+        token = strtok(line, keyvalue_delim);
+        if (!token || strcmp(token, metadata_key) != 0) 
+            continue;
+
+        // Get values for matched key. Stop if no values are present.
+        token = strtok(NULL, keyvalue_delim);
+        if (!token) 
+            break;
+
+        // Split values and put each service in services array
+        service = strtok(token, service_delim);
+        while (service) {
+            if (!filter || strcmp(filter, service) == 0) {
+                services = reallocarray(services, i+1 ,sizeof (char *));
+                if (!services) {
+                    *returncode = -1;
+                    break;
+                } 
+
+                services[i] = strdup(service);
+                if (!services[i++]) {
+                    *returncode = -1;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            service = strtok(NULL, service_delim);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (line) free(line);
+    fclose(fp);
+    free(metafile);
+
+    *servicescnt = i;
+
+    return services;
+}
+
+// Calls initscript <service> with parameter <action>
+int initscript_action(const char *service, const char *action) {
+    char *initscript = NULL;
+    char *argv[] = {
+        action,
+        NULL
+    };
+    int r = 0;
+
+    r = asprintf(&initscript, "%s/%s", initd_path, service);
+    if (r != -1)
+        r = run(initscript, argv);
+
+    if (initscript) free(initscript);
+
+    return r; 
+}
+
+// Move an initscript with filepattern from <src_path> to <dest_path>
+// Returns:
+//   -1: Error during move or memory allocation. Details in errno
+//   0: Success
+//   1: file was not moved, but is already in <dest_path>
+//   2: file does not exist in either in <src_path> or <dest_path>
+int move_initscript_by_pattern(const char *src_path, const char *dest_path, const char *filepattern) {
+    char *src = NULL;
+    char *dest = NULL;
+    int r = 2;
+    char *filename = NULL;
+
+    filename = find_file_in_dir(src_path, filepattern);
+    if (filename) {
+        // Move file
+        r = asprintf(&src, "%s/%s", src_path, filename);
+        if (r != -1) {
+            r = asprintf(&dest, "%s/%s", dest_path, filename);
+            if (r != -1)
+                r = rename(src, dest);
+        }
+
+        if (src) free(src);
+        if (dest) free(dest);
+    } else {
+        // check if file is already in dest
+        filename = find_file_in_dir(dest_path, filepattern);
+        if (filename) 
+            r = 1;
+    }
+
+    if (filename) free(filename);
+
+    return r;
+}
+
+// Enable/Disable addon service(s) by moving initscript symlink from/to disabled_path
+// Returns:
+// -1 - System error occured. Check errno.
+// 0 - Success
+// 1 - Service was already enabled/disabled
+// 2 - Service has no valid runlevel symlink
+int toggle_service(const char *service, const char *action) {
+    const char *src_path, *dest_path;
+    char *filepattern = NULL; 
+    int r = 0;
+    
+    if (asprintf(&filepattern, "S??%s", service) == -1)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (strcmp(action, "enable") == 0) {
+        src_path = disabled_path;
+        dest_path = enabled_path;
+    } else {
+        src_path = enabled_path;
+        dest_path = disabled_path;
+    }
+
+    // Ensure disabled_path exists
+    r = mkdir(disabled_path, S_IRWXU + S_IRGRP + S_IXGRP + S_IROTH + S_IXOTH); 
+    if (r != -1 || errno == EEXIST)
+        r = move_initscript_by_pattern(src_path, dest_path, filepattern);
+
+    free(filepattern);
+    
+    return r;
+}
+
+// Return whether <service> is enabled or disabled on boot
+// Returns:
+// -1 - System error occured. Check errno.
+// 0 - <service> is disabled on boot
+// 1 - <service> is enabled on boot
+// 2 - Runlevel suymlink for <service> was not found
+int get_boot_status(char *service) {
+    char *filepattern = NULL;
+    char *filename = NULL;
+    int r = 2;
+
+    if (asprintf(&filepattern, "S??%s", service) == -1)
+        return -1;
+
+    filename = find_file_in_dir(enabled_path, filepattern);
+    if (filename)
+        r = 1;
+    else {
+        filename = find_file_in_dir(disabled_path, filepattern);
+        if (filename)
+            r = 0;
+        else
+            r = 2;
+    }
+
+    if (filename) free(filename);
+    free(filepattern);
+
+    return r;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-	char command[BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-	if (!(initsetuid()))
-		exit(1);
-
-	if (argc < 3) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "\nMissing arguments.\n\naddonctrl addon (start|stop|restart|reload|enable|disable)\n\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
-	const char* name = argv[1];
-
-	if (strlen(name) > 32) {
-	    fprintf(stderr, "\nString to large.\n\naddonctrl addon (start|stop|restart|reload|enable|disable)\n\n");
-	    exit(1);
-	}
-
-	// Check if the input argument is valid
-	if (!is_valid_argument_alnum(name)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid add-on name: %s\n", name);
-		exit(2);
-	}
-
-	sprintf(command, "/opt/pakfire/db/installed/meta-%s", name);
-	FILE *fp = fopen(command,"r");
-	if ( fp ) {
-	    fclose(fp);
-	} else {
-	    fprintf(stderr, "\nAddon '%s' not found.\n\naddonctrl addon (start|stop|restart|reload|status|enable|disable)\n\n", name);
-	    exit(1);
-	}
-
-	if (strcmp(argv[2], "start") == 0) {
-		snprintf(command, BUFFER_SIZE - 1, "/etc/rc.d/init.d/%s start", name);
-		safe_system(command);
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[2], "stop") == 0) {
-		snprintf(command, BUFFER_SIZE - 1, "/etc/rc.d/init.d/%s stop", name);
-		safe_system(command);
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[2], "restart") == 0) {
-		snprintf(command, BUFFER_SIZE - 1, "/etc/rc.d/init.d/%s restart", name);
-		safe_system(command);
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[2], "reload") == 0) {
-		snprintf(command, BUFFER_SIZE - 1, "/etc/rc.d/init.d/%s reload", name);
-		safe_system(command);
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[2], "status") == 0) {
-		snprintf(command, BUFFER_SIZE - 1, "/etc/rc.d/init.d/%s status", name);
-		safe_system(command);
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[2], "enable") == 0) {
-		snprintf(command, BUFFER_SIZE - 1, "mv -f /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/off/S??%s /etc/rc.d/rc3.d" , name);
-		safe_system(command);
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[2], "disable") == 0) {
-		snprintf(command, BUFFER_SIZE - 1, "mkdir -p /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/off");
-		safe_system(command);
-		snprintf(command, BUFFER_SIZE - 1, "mv -f /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S??%s /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/off" , name);
-		safe_system(command);
-	} else {
-		fprintf(stderr, "\nBad argument given.\n\naddonctrl addon (start|stop|restart|reload|enable|disable)\n\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+    char **services = NULL;
+    int servicescnt = 0;
+    char *addon = argv[1];
+    char *action = argv[2];
+    char *service_filter = NULL;
+    int r = 0;
+
+    if (!(initsetuid()))
+        exit(1);
+
+    if (argc < 3) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "\nMissing arguments.\n\n%s\n\n", usage);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // Ignore filter when list of services is requested
+    if (argc == 4 && strcmp(action, "list-services") != 0)
+        service_filter = argv[3];
+
+    if (strlen(addon) > 32) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "\nString too large.\n\n%s\n\n", usage);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // Check if the input argument is valid
+    if (!is_valid_argument_alnum(addon)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid add-on name: %s.\n", addon);
+        exit(2);
+    }
+
+    // Get initscript name(s) from addon metadata
+    int rc = 0;
+    services = get_addon_services(addon, &servicescnt, service_filter, &rc);
+    if (!services) {
+        switch (rc) {
+            case -1:
+                fprintf(stderr, "\nSystem error occured. (Error: %m)\n\n");
+                break;
+
+            case 0:
+                if (service_filter)
+                    fprintf(stderr, "\nNo service '%s' found for addon '%s'. Use 'list-services' to get a list of available services\n\n%s\n\n", service_filter, addon, usage);
+                else
+                    fprintf(stderr, "\nAddon '%s' has no services.\n\n", addon);
+                break;
+
+            case 1:
+                fprintf(stderr, "\nAddon '%s' not found.\n\n%s\n\n", addon, usage);
+                break;
+        }
+        exit(1);
+    }
+        
+    // Handle requested action
+    if (strcmp(action, "start") == 0 ||
+        strcmp(action, "stop") == 0 ||
+        strcmp(action, "restart") == 0 ||
+        strcmp(action, "reload") == 0 ||
+        strcmp(action, "status") == 0) {
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < servicescnt; i++) {
+            if (initscript_action(services[i], action) < 0) {
+                r = 1;
+                fprintf(stderr, "\nSystem error occured. (Error: %m)\n\n");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+    } else if (strcmp(action, "enable") == 0 ||
+               strcmp(action, "disable") == 0) {
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < servicescnt; i++) {
+            switch (r = toggle_service(services[i], action)) {
+                case -1:
+                    fprintf(stderr, "\nSystem error occured. (Error: %m)\n\n");
+                    break;
+
+                case 0:
+                    printf("%sd service %s\n", action, services[i]);
+                    break;
+                
+                case 1:
+                    fprintf(stderr, "Service %s is already %sd. Skipping...\n", services[i], action);
+                    break;
+
+                case 2:
+                    fprintf(stderr, "\nUnable to %s service %s. (Service has no valid runlevel symlink).\n\n", action, services[i]);
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            // Break from for loop in case of a system error.
+            if (r == -1) {
+                r = 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+    } else if (strcmp(action, "boot-status") == 0) {
+        // Print boot status for each service
+        for(int i = 0; i < servicescnt; i++) {
+            switch (get_boot_status(services[i])) {
+                case -1:
+                    r = 1;
+                    fprintf(stderr, "\nSystem error occured. (Error: %m)\n\n");
+                    break;
+                
+                case 0:
+                    printf("%s is disabled on boot.\n", services[i]);
+                    break;
+                
+                case 1:
+                    printf("%s is enabled on boot.\n", services[i]);
+                    break;
+
+                case 2:
+                    printf("%s is not available for boot. (Service has no valid symlink in either %s or %s).\n", services[i], enabled_path, disabled_path);
+                    break;
+            }
+            
+            // Break from for loop in case of an error
+            if (r == 1) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    
+    } else if (strcmp(action, "list-services") == 0) {
+        // List all services for addon
+        printf("\nServices for addon %s:\n", addon);
+        for(int i = 0; i < servicescnt; i++) {
+            printf("  %s\n", services[i]);
+        }
+        printf("\n");
+
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "\nBad argument given.\n\n%s\n\n", usage);
+        r = 1;
+    }
+
+    // Cleanup
+    for(int i = 0; i < servicescnt; i++) 
+        free(services[i]);
+    free(services);
+
+    return r;
 }