diff --git a/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in b/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in
index 5b8671e0a..0034e02ba 100644
--- a/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in
+++ b/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in
@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@ fi
 
 depend()
 {
+	# Try to allow people to mix and match fstab with ZFS in a way that makes sense.
+	if [ "$(mountinfo -s /)" = 'zfs' ]
+	then
+		before localmount
+	else
+		after localmount
+	fi
+
 	# bootmisc will log to /var which may be a different zfs than root.
-	before net bootmisc
-	after udev localmount
+	before bootmisc logger
 	keyword -lxc -openvz -prefix -vserver
 }