diff -Nru sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/changelog sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/changelog
--- sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/changelog	2009-09-14 21:29:12.000000000 -0500
+++ sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/changelog	2009-09-17 10:21:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+sysvinit (2.87dsf-4ubuntu4) karmic; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/service/service: use upstart for service management, if an
+    upstart configuration exists, LP: #427277
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:21:05 -0500
+
 sysvinit (2.87dsf-4ubuntu3) karmic; urgency=low
 
   FFE LP: #427356.
diff -Nru sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/service/service sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/service/service
--- sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/service/service	2009-09-07 13:58:36.000000000 -0500
+++ sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/service/service	2009-09-17 10:25:49.000000000 -0500
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 USAGE="Usage: `basename $0` < option > | --status-all | \
 [ service_name [ command | --full-restart ] ]"
 SERVICE=
+ACTION=
 SERVICEDIR="/etc/init.d"
 OPTIONS=
 
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@
           fi
        elif [ -z "${SERVICE}" ]; then
          SERVICE="${1}"
+       elif [ -z "${ACTION}" ]; then
+         ACTION="${1}"
        else
          OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} ${1}"
        fi
@@ -112,8 +115,19 @@
    esac
 done
 
+if [ -r "/etc/init/${SERVICE}.conf" ]; then
+   # Upstart configuration exists for this job
+   case "${ACTION}" in
+      start|stop|restart|status)
+         # Action is a valid upstart action
+         exec env -i LANG="$LANG" PATH="$PATH" TERM="$TERM" ${ACTION} ${SERVICE} ${OPTIONS}
+      ;;
+   esac
+fi
+
+# Otherwise, use the traditional sysvinit
 if [ -x "${SERVICEDIR}/${SERVICE}" ]; then
-   env -i LANG="$LANG" PATH="$PATH" TERM="$TERM" "$SERVICEDIR/$SERVICE" ${OPTIONS}
+   exec env -i LANG="$LANG" PATH="$PATH" TERM="$TERM" "$SERVICEDIR/$SERVICE" ${ACTION} ${OPTIONS}
 else
    echo "${SERVICE}: unrecognized service" >&2
    exit 1