diff --git a/system/s6-linux-init/README b/system/s6-linux-init/README
index 21fdbd752a..6f017d3435 100644
--- a/system/s6-linux-init/README
+++ b/system/s6-linux-init/README
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ init system, including a /sbin/init binary, on a Linux kernel.
 The resulting architecture follows the Unix philosophy (one job -> one
 tool) as closely as possible, and is fully dedicated to the s6 way of
 managing a system:
-
 - s6-svscan runs as process 1 for the whole machine lifetime.
 - Every daemon is supervised.
 - No logs are ever lost.
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ managing a system:
 
 Nevertheless, the architecture is fully compliant with various empirical
 and historical specifications. For instance, it provides:
-
 - utmp management compatible with sysvinit,
 - runlevel management, with a configurable default, overridable from the
   kernel command line,
@@ -25,29 +23,34 @@ nsss (https://skarnet.org/software/nsss/) (not available at SBo)
 utmps (https://skarnet.org/software/utmps/) (not available at SBo)
 
 NOTE:
-s6-linux-init has some skeleton files that will be used to build the
+s6-linux-init has some skeleton files that will be used to build a
 complete s6-based init system. These files will be placed under
 /etc/s6-linux-init/skel by default. You can change this by passing
-SKEL_DIR=/path/to/directory environment variable to the SlackBuild
+SKEL_DIR=/path/to/directory environment variable to this SlackBuild
 script like below:
 
     SKEL_DIR=/path/to/directory ./s6-linux-init.SlackBuild
 
-The init system created by s6-linux-init will need an early boot tmpfs
-in order to work properly. By default, s6-linux-init will assume that
+The s6-based init system created by s6-linux-init needs an early boot
+tmpfs to work properly. By default, the created init system assumes that
 this tmpfs will be mounted on /run. You can change this by passing
 TMPFS_DIR=/path/to/directory to the script like below:
 
     TMPFS_DIR=/path/to/directory ./s6-linux-init.SlackBuild
 
-Upstream recommends building skarnet.org softwares with static libraries
-as most of skarnet.org softwares are small enough that using shared
-libraries are generally not worth using. Therefore, by default, shared
-libraries are not built and binaries are linked against the static
-versions of the skarnet.org libraries.
+At some point in boot time, an instance of s6-svscan will become PID 1,
+using $TMPFS_DIR/service as its scan directory by default. This can be
+altered by passing SCAN_DIR=path/to/directory to the script, changing
+the scan directory to $TMPFS_DIR/path/to/directory.
 
-If you want to also build the shared libraries, pass BUILD_SHARED=yes
-to the script like below:
+Upstream recommends building skarnet.org software with static libraries,
+as most of skarnet.org software are small enough that shared libraries
+are generally not worth using. Therefore, by default, shared libraries
+are not built and binaries are linked against the static versions of the
+skarnet.org libraries.
+
+If you want to also build the shared libraries, pass BUILD_SHARED=yes to
+the script like below:
 
     BUILD_SHARED=yes ./s6-linux-init.SlackBuild
 
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ libraries and not the static ones, you can do something like:
 
     BUILD_SHARED=yes BUILD_STATIC=no ./s6-linux-init.SlackBuild
 
-If you just want to build and use skarnet.org softwares, building only
+If you just want to build and use skarnet.org software, building only
 the static libraries should be sufficient.
 
 If you want the binaries to be linked against the shared versions of the
diff --git a/system/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.SlackBuild b/system/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.SlackBuild
index a550553b52..a9434d78fb 100644
--- a/system/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.SlackBuild
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=s6-linux-init
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.7.3}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.8.0}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -65,37 +65,38 @@ else
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
-# By default, only static libraries are built. If you need to build the shared libraries, just pass
-# BUILD_SHARED=yes to this script
+# By default, only static libraries are built. If you want to also build the
+# shared libraries, just pass BUILD_SHARED=yes to this script.
 BUILD_STATIC=${BUILD_STATIC:-yes}
 BUILD_SHARED=${BUILD_SHARED:-no}
+[ "$BUILD_STATIC" = "no" ] && LIBS_CONF="--disable-static"
+[ "$BUILD_SHARED" = "yes" ] && LIBS_CONF="--enable-shared $LIBS_CONF"
 
-if [ "$BUILD_STATIC" = "no" ]; then
-		LIBS_CONF="--disable-static"
-fi
-
-if [ "$BUILD_SHARED" = "yes" ]; then
-		LIBS_CONF="--enable-shared $LIBS_CONF"
-fi
-
-# By default, all binaries are linked against the static versions of the skarnet.org libraries
-# Pass LINK_SHARED=yes to link the binaries against the shared versions of the skarnet.org libraries
-# Also, if you only built the shared versions of the skarnet.org libraries, the binaries will be
-# linked against shared libraries automatically, as though LINK_SHARED=yes is passed to this script
+# By default, all binaries are linked against the static versions of the
+# skarnet.org libraries. Pass LINK_SHARED=yes to link the binaries against the
+# shared versions of the skarnet.org libraries. If you only built the shared
+# versions of the skarnet.org libraries, the binaries will be linked against
+# shared libraries automatically, as though LINK_SHARED=yes is passed to this
+# script.
 LINK_SHARED=${LINK_SHARED:-no}
+[ "$LINK_SHARED" = "yes" ] && LIBS_CONF="--disable-allstatic $LIBS_CONF"
 
-if [ "$LINK_SHARED" = "yes" ]; then
-		LIBS_CONF="--disable-allstatic $LIBS_CONF"
-fi
-
-# By default, all the skeleton files from s6-linux-init are placed under /etc/s6-linux-init/skel
-# Pass SKEL_DIR=/path/to/directory to this script if you want to place it somewhere else
+# By default, all skeleton files from s6-linux-init are placed under
+# /etc/s6-linux-init/skel. Pass SKEL_DIR=/path/to/directory to this script if
+# you want to place them somewhere else.
 SKEL_DIR=${SKEL_DIR:-/etc/s6-linux-init/skel}
 
-# By default, s6-linux-init will assume that the initial tmpfs is mounted on /run
-# Pass TMPFS_DIR=/path/to/directory to this script if you want to change it
+# By default, a s6-based init system created by s6-linux-init assumes that the
+# initial tmpfs will be mounted on /run. Pass TMPFS_DIR=/path/to/directory to
+# this script if you want to change it.
 TMPFS_DIR=${TMPFS_DIR:-/run}
 
+# By default, the PID 1 s6-svscan will use $TMPFS_DIR/service as its scan
+# directory. Pass SCAN_DIR=path/to/directory to this script if you want to
+# change it. Note that $SCAN_DIR will be relative to $TMPFS_DIR, so the final
+# path will be $TMPFS_DIR/$SCAN_DIR.
+SCAN_DIR=${SCAN_DIR:-service}
+
 set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --includedir=/usr/include \
   --skeldir=${SKEL_DIR} \
   --tmpfsdir=${TMPFS_DIR} \
+  --scandir=${SCAN_DIR} \
   --with-sysdeps=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/skalibs/sysdeps \
   --with-lib=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/skalibs \
   --with-lib=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/execline \
diff --git a/system/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.info b/system/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.info
index b33e276e10..386a688ef4 100644
--- a/system/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.info
+++ b/system/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="s6-linux-init"
-VERSION="1.0.7.3"
+VERSION="1.0.8.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://skarnet.org/software/s6-linux-init/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://skarnet.org/software/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init-1.0.7.3.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="2627a029432a4dec5362d36611b18e06"
+DOWNLOAD="https://skarnet.org/software/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init-1.0.8.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="c970118871adc59c2c8126a83fb93589"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="s6"