diff --git a/rc.d/3.plab.sh.in b/rc.d/3.plab.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..638547276be08a3857ec97fd526cf23365184e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rc.d/3.plab.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Utah Network Testbed plab startup
+#
+if [ -x @prefix@/sbin/plabdaemon  ]; then
+        echo -n " plabrenew"
+        @prefix@/sbin/plabdaemon -v renew
+        echo -n " plabgetfree"
+        @prefix@/sbin/plabdaemon -v getfree
+fi
+
+if [ -x @prefix@/sbin/plabmonitord  ]; then
+        echo -n " plabmonitord"
+        @prefix@/sbin/plabmonitord
+fi
diff --git a/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in b/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in
index ce4be1aadfec866cc183bbcd66e1bbfa54f9f973..06bed543e580a00d120d3b2819dc1310cda78d46 100755
--- a/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in
+++ b/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in
@@ -72,19 +72,6 @@ if [ -x @prefix@/sbin/eventsys_start  ]; then
         @prefix@/sbin/eventsys_start
 fi
 
-if [ -x @prefix@/sbin/plabdaemon  ]; then
-        echo -n " plabrenew"
-        @prefix@/sbin/plabdaemon -v renew
-        echo -n " plabgetfree"
-        @prefix@/sbin/plabdaemon -v getfree
-fi
-
-if [ -x @prefix@/sbin/plabmonitord  ]; then
-        echo -n " plabmonitord"
-        @prefix@/sbin/plabmonitord
-fi
-
-
 #
 # Could trigger experiment creation, so make sure everything else
 # is setup first; i.e., run this last!