diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions
index dd7da2b..944e3a5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions
@@ -42,3 +42,18 @@ machine_id() { # return the machine ID
 killproc() { # kill the named process(es)
 	pid=`pidofproc $1` && kill $pid
 }
+
+status() {
+    local pid
+    if [ "$#" = 0 ]; then
+        echo "Usage: status {program}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    pid=`pidofproc $1`
+    if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
+        echo "$1 (pid $pid) is running..."
+    else
+        echo "$1 is stopped"
+    fi
+    return 3
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 68f8034..649e182 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Initscripts provide the basic system startup initialization scrip
 SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
-PR = "r139"
+PR = "r140"
 
 INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"