diff --git a/init.d/00_ptyd.service b/init.d/00_ptyd.service
index 2879c8ad70..6ed4ed8164 100644
--- a/init.d/00_ptyd.service
+++ b/init.d/00_ptyd.service
@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@ description = "PTY daemon"
 
 [service]
 cmd = "ptyd"
-type = "notify"
+# ptyd registers the "pty" scheme and signals readiness by sending its scheme
+# cap fd back to init (redox_scheme ready_sync_scheme / ready_with_fd), so init
+# must receive that fd via call_ro(FD) — i.e. type must be {scheme="pty"}, NOT
+# "notify". With "notify" init waits for a readiness byte ptyd never sends and
+# blocks forever at ptyd, before the console/login stack. See ptyd/src/main.rs.
+type = { scheme = "pty" }