diff --git a/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init b/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init
index bde785a5b..24488e7a5 100644
--- a/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init
+++ b/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2008 OpenWrt.org
 START=50
 
-OPTIONS="-Lf /dev/null -p /var/run/snmpd.pid"
-LIB_D=/var/lib/snmp
-LOG_D=/var/log
-RUN_D=/var/run
-PID_F=$RUN_D/snmpd.pid
-RUN_C=$RUN_D/snmpd.conf
+USE_PROCD=1
+PROG="/usr/sbin/snmpd"
+
+RUN_C="/var/run/snmpd.conf"
 
 snmpd_agent_add() {
 	local cfg="$1"
@@ -129,11 +127,11 @@ snmpd_disk_add() {
         [ -n "$size" ] || return 0
         echo "$disk $partition $size" >> $RUN_C
 }
-start() {
-	[ -d $LIB_D ] || mkdir -p $LIB_D
-	[ -d $LOG_D ] || mkdir -p $LOG_D
-	[ -d $RUN_D ] || mkdir -p $RUN_D
-	[ -f $RUN_C ] && rm -f $RUN_C
+
+start_service() {
+	[ -f "$RUN_C" ] && rm -f "$RUN_C"
+
+	procd_open_instance
 
 	config_load snmpd
 
@@ -148,9 +146,13 @@ start() {
 	config_foreach snmpd_exec_add exec
 	config_foreach snmpd_disk_add disk
 	
-	$DEBUG /usr/sbin/snmpd $OPTIONS
+	procd_set_param command $PROG -Lf /dev/null -f
+	procd_set_param file $RUN_C
+	procd_set_param respawn
+
+	procd_close_instance
 }
-stop() {
-	[ -f $PID_F ] && kill $(cat $PID_F)
-	[ -f $RUN_C ] && rm -f $RUN_C
+
+stop_service() {
+	[ -f "$RUN_C" ] && rm -f "$RUN_C"
 }