diff --git a/x11/apps/xinit/files/xinit.confd b/x11/apps/xinit/files/xinit.confd
index 13f3e6af..1b68464c 100644
--- a/x11/apps/xinit/files/xinit.confd
+++ b/x11/apps/xinit/files/xinit.confd
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 ## X11 autologin service
 ## Target user name (default=root)
 #USER=root
+## Target dpy number
+#DISPLAY=:0
diff --git a/x11/apps/xinit/files/xinit.initd b/x11/apps/xinit/files/xinit.initd
index f3fd1896..7e2e5246 100644
--- a/x11/apps/xinit/files/xinit.initd
+++ b/x11/apps/xinit/files/xinit.initd
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ description="X11 autologin service"
 supervisor="supervise-daemon"
 pidfile="/var/run/xinit.pid"
 command="/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc"
-command_args=":0"
+command_args="$DISPLAY"
 
 start_pre(){
+    if [ "$DISPLAY" == "" ] ; then
+        DISPLAY=:0
+    fi
     while sleep 0.3 ; do
-        if env DISPLAY=:0 xterm -bg "#000000" -e true 2>/dev/null ; then
-            su - "$USER" -c "env DISPLAY=:0 /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc"
+        if env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY xterm -bg "#000000" -e true 2>/dev/null ; then
+            su - "$USER" -c "env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc"
         fi
     done &
 }
diff --git a/x11/apps/xinit/ympbuild b/x11/apps/xinit/ympbuild
index 71bb893c..c52f4450 100644
--- a/x11/apps/xinit/ympbuild
+++ b/x11/apps/xinit/ympbuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ source=("https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xinit/-/archive/xinit-$version/
         "files/xinit.confd"
         "files/xinit.initd"
 )
-depends=(util-macros xorgproto libX11 xorg-server)
+depends=(util-macros xorgproto libX11 xorg-server xterm)
 makedepends=()
 md5sums=('0855364c1c869679300d55e9dd57e2aa'
          'SKIP'