diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 078ac50..0d48ea9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ login_registry:
 	podman login $(REGISTRY_DOMAIN)
 
 .PHONY: install
-install: install_service install_crontab
+install: install_service install_crontab next_steps
 
 .PHONY: uninstall
 uninstall: uninstall_service uninstall_crontab
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ uninstall_crontab:
 		> crontab.tmp
 	sudo mv crontab.tmp /etc/periodic/daily/joeac.net
 
+.PHONY: next_steps
+next_steps:
+	@echo "Make sure that your user's default runlevel is triggered by OpenRC. If this isn't already happening, edit openrc/user-default-runlevel with your username, copy it to /etc/init.d, and add it to the system's default runlevel with \`rc-service add <SERVICE> default\`."
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	$(foreach module,$(MODULES),$(MAKE) --directory=$(module) clean;)
diff --git a/openrc/user-runlevel-default b/openrc/user-runlevel-default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5554db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openrc/user-runlevel-default
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc
+
+description="start <USER> default runlevel"
+command="openrc"
+command_args="-U default"
+command_user="<USER>"