diff --git a/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter.inc b/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter.inc
index 72b7c04..bbe0b1e 100644
--- a/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter.inc
+++ b/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter.inc
@@ -2,9 +2,20 @@ SUMMARY = "Tango Controls Starter"
 LICENSE = "GPL-3.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=1ebbd3e34237af26da5dc08a4e440464"
 
-SRC_URI = "gitsm://gitlab.com/tango-controls/starter.git;protocol=https;branch=main"
+SRC_URI = " \
+	gitsm://gitlab.com/tango-controls/starter.git;protocol=https;branch=main \
+	file://tango-starter.sh \
+"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 DEPENDS = "libtango omniorb"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "tango-admin"
 
-inherit cmake pkgconfig
+INITSCRIPT_NAME = "tango-starter"
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults 70"
+
+inherit cmake pkgconfig update-rc.d
+
+do_install:append() {
+	install -D -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/tango-starter.sh ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/tango-starter
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter/tango-starter.sh b/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter/tango-starter.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5845beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter/tango-starter.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
+DAEMON=/usr/bin/Starter
+NAME=tango-starter
+DESC="Tango Control System Starter"
+PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+
+USER=tango
+GROUP=tango
+INSTANCE=`hostname`
+
+[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || { failure; echo " $DAEMON executable not found."; exit 1; }
+[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
+
+check_database()
+{
+	# Ping network seems to be broken (hangs forever)
+	#tango_admin --ping-network 40 || return 1
+	tango_admin --ping-database 6 || return 1
+}
+
+check_and_register_instance()
+{
+	tango_admin --check-device tango/admin/$INSTANCE || \
+	tango_admin --add-server Starter/$INSTANCE Starter tango/admin/$INSTANCE || return 1
+}
+
+do_start()
+{
+	echo "Starting $DESC..."
+	check_database
+	[ "$?" -eq "1" ] && { failure; echo " Database ping failed."; exit 1; }
+	passed; echo " Database ping OK."
+	check_and_register_instance
+	[ "$?" -eq "1" ] && { failure; echo " Could not register Starter instance $INSTANCE."; exit 1; }
+	passed; echo " Starter instance OK.";
+	start-stop-daemon -S -x $DAEMON -c $USER:$GROUP -p $PIDFILE -m -b -- $INSTANCE
+	success; echo " $DESC started."
+}
+
+do_stop()
+{
+	echo "Stopping $DESC..."
+	start-stop-daemon -K -x $DAEMON -p $PIDFILE
+	success; echo " $DESC stopped."
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+	start)
+		do_start
+		;;
+	stop)
+		do_stop
+		;;
+	status)
+		status $DAEMON
+		;;
+	reload)
+		echo "Reloading $DESC..."
+		start-stop-daemon -K -s 1 -x $DAEMON -p $PIDFILE
+		success; echo " $DESC reloaded."
+		;;
+	restart|force-reload)
+		echo "Restarting $DESC..."
+		do_stop
+		sleep 5
+		do_start
+		success; echo " $DESC restarted."
+		;;
+	*)
+		N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
+		echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|status|reload|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+exit 0