diff --git a/init.d/cjdroute b/init.d/cjdroute
index cdf9555..1dba840 100755
--- a/init.d/cjdroute
+++ b/init.d/cjdroute
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env watchman
 # Two warnings:
 # 1) This script uses a script to run cjdroute and feed it
-#	 the config. It can be found in the main cjdns repo:
-#	 contrib/sh/run-cjdroute.sh
-#	 Or here: http://ix.io/fYT
+#    the config. It can be found in the main cjdns repo:
+#    contrib/sh/run-cjdroute.sh
+#    Or here: http://ix.io/fYT
 # 2) service_respawn is disabled by default because you need
 #    "noBackground":1 in cjdroute.conf for it to actually work.
 #    Barely.
@@ -28,11 +28,33 @@ start() {
 	watchman.start
 }
 
+get_control_pid() {
+	lsof -i :"$cjdroute_admin_port" | tail -1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2
+}
+
+status() {
+	# Check the actual cjdroute process and not the watchdog
+	cjdroute_control_pid=$( get_control_pid )
+
+	counter=0
+	until kill -0 "$cjdroute_control_pid"; do
+		cjdroute_control_pid=$( get_control_pid )
+		(( counter >= 5 )) && {
+			watchman.msg "cjdroute is down"
+			return 1
+		}
+		(( counter++ ))
+		sleep 1
+	done
+
+	watchman.msg "cjdroute is running ($cjdroute_control_pid)"
+}
+
 stop() {
 	[[ "$service_respawn" == 'true' ]] && { watchman.stop; } # stopping the watchdog
 
 	# Stopping the actual s-o-b daemon that won't die properly.
-	cjdroute_control_pid=$(lsof -i :"$cjdroute_admin_port" | tail -1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
+	cjdroute_control_pid=$( get_control_pid )
 	watchman.pid_check "$cjdroute_control_pid" && {
 		kill "$cjdroute_control_pid"
 		watchman.pid_wait "$cjdroute_control_pid"