diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/dmesg.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/dmesg.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a97b0681e1..2b9eba64cf
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/dmesg.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/dmesg.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 if [ -f /var/log/dmesg ]; then
-	if [ -f /usr/sbin/logrotate ]; then
-		logrotate -f /etc/logrotate-dmesg.conf
+	if LOGPATH=$(which logrotate); then
+		$LOGPATH -f /etc/logrotate-dmesg.conf
 	else
 		mv -f /var/log/dmesg /var/log/dmesg.old
 	fi