diff --git a/openwrt/package/base-files/default/etc/init.d/S60cron b/openwrt/package/base-files/default/etc/init.d/S60cron
index 6647fe1bc0..bd12b8bb78 100755
--- a/openwrt/package/base-files/default/etc/init.d/S60cron
+++ b/openwrt/package/base-files/default/etc/init.d/S60cron
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-[ -d /etc/crontabs ] && {
+[ -d /etc/crontabs ] || mkdir -p /etc/crontabs
+
+[ -e /var/spool/cron/crontabs ] && {
 	mkdir -p /var/spool/cron
-	crond -c /etc/crontabs
+	ln -s /etc/crontabs /var/spool/cron
 }
+	crond -c /etc/crontabs