diff -u hal-0.5.11/debian/changelog hal-0.5.11/debian/changelog
--- hal-0.5.11/debian/changelog
+++ hal-0.5.11/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+hal (0.5.11-3~ubuntu4) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control
+    - Depends on lsb-base >= 3.2-14, provides status_of_proc()
+  * debian/hal.init
+    - Added the 'status' action, (LP: #252350)
+
+ -- Timothy Bielawa <tim@ducksarepeople.com>  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:12:16 -0400
+
 hal (0.5.11-3~ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Add 05_dell_backlight_lockups.patch:
diff -u hal-0.5.11/debian/control hal-0.5.11/debian/control
--- hal-0.5.11/debian/control
+++ hal-0.5.11/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Package: hal
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, adduser, pciutils, usbutils, udev (>= 0.065), dbus (>= 0.61), lsb-base, hal-info (>= 20070402), pm-utils, mount (>= 2.13), policykit (>= 0.7), consolekit, acl
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, adduser, pciutils, usbutils, udev (>= 0.065), dbus (>= 0.61), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), hal-info (>= 20070402), pm-utils, mount (>= 2.13), policykit (>= 0.7), consolekit, acl
 Recommends: eject, libsmbios-bin [i386 amd64]
 Suggests: gnome-device-manager
 Description: Hardware Abstraction Layer
diff -u hal-0.5.11/debian/hal.init hal-0.5.11/debian/hal.init
--- hal-0.5.11/debian/hal.init
+++ hal-0.5.11/debian/hal.init
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
 	do_stop
 	log_end_msg $?
 	;;
+  status)
+	status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $NAME && exit 0 || exit $?
+	;;
   restart|force-reload)
 	log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
 	do_stop
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@
 	log_end_msg $?
 	;;
   *)
-	log_success_msg "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+	log_success_msg "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
 	exit 1
 	;;
 esac