diff --git a/extra/io/unix/linux/linux.factor b/extra/io/unix/linux/linux.factor
index fcb48dd577..6d55decb5a 100755
--- a/extra/io/unix/linux/linux.factor
+++ b/extra/io/unix/linux/linux.factor
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 IN: io.unix.linux
 USING: io.backend io.unix.backend io.unix.launcher io.unix.select
-namespaces kernel assocs unix.process ;
+namespaces kernel assocs unix.process init ;
 
 TUPLE: linux-io ;
 
 INSTANCE: linux-io unix-io
 
 M: linux-io init-io ( -- )
-    <select-mx> mx set-global
-    start-wait-thread ;
+    <select-mx> mx set-global ;
 
 T{ linux-io } set-io-backend
+
+[ start-wait-thread ] "io.unix.linux" add-init-hook
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