diff --git a/reactos/base/system/lsass/lsass.c b/reactos/base/system/lsass/lsass.c
index 30fa05de17d..57216a4d9a6 100644
--- a/reactos/base/system/lsass/lsass.c
+++ b/reactos/base/system/lsass/lsass.c
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ wWinMain(IN HINSTANCE hInstance,
         goto ByeBye;
     }
 
+    /* Start the Netlogon service. */
+    Status = ServiceInit();
+    if (!NT_SUCCESS(Status))
+    {
+        DPRINT1("ServiceInit() failed (Status 0x%08lX)\n", Status);
+        goto ByeBye;
+    }
+
 #if 0
     /* Initialize the SAM server DLL. */
     Status = SamIInitialize();
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/lsasrv/lsasrv.c b/reactos/dll/win32/lsasrv/lsasrv.c
index c6468a47e03..1a007ecef16 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/lsasrv/lsasrv.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/lsasrv/lsasrv.c
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ LsapInitLsa(VOID)
 }
 
 
+NTSTATUS WINAPI
+ServiceInit(VOID)
+{
+    TRACE("ServiceInit() called\n");
+    return STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
 void __RPC_FAR * __RPC_USER midl_user_allocate(SIZE_T len)
 {
     return RtlAllocateHeap(RtlGetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, len);
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/lsasrv/lsasrv.spec b/reactos/dll/win32/lsasrv/lsasrv.spec
index 17f5d363039..4bdc36caea9 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/lsasrv/lsasrv.spec
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/lsasrv/lsasrv.spec
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@
  @ stub LsarSetSecret
  @ stub LsarSetSecurityObject
  @ stub LsarSetSystemAccessAccount
- @ stub ServiceInit
+ @ stdcall ServiceInit()
diff --git a/reactos/include/reactos/subsys/lsass/lsasrv.h b/reactos/include/reactos/subsys/lsass/lsasrv.h
index 48120bf0bd3..445506f4527 100644
--- a/reactos/include/reactos/subsys/lsass/lsasrv.h
+++ b/reactos/include/reactos/subsys/lsass/lsasrv.h
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
 NTSTATUS WINAPI
 LsapInitLsa(VOID);
 
+NTSTATUS WINAPI
+ServiceInit(VOID);
+
 #endif /* __LSASRV_H */