diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml b/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml
index 404502ca9791..ce48eb22098d 100644
--- a/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml
+++ b/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ shared:
         template: '{{ elastic_beats_dir }}/dev-tools/packaging/templates/linux/elastic-agent.unit.tmpl'
         mode: 0644
       /etc/init.d/{{.BeatServiceName}}:
-        template: '{{ elastic_beats_dir }}/dev-tools/packaging/templates/{{.PackageType}}/elastic-agent.sh.tmpl'
+        template: '{{ elastic_beats_dir }}/dev-tools/packaging/templates/{{.PackageType}}/elastic-agent.init.sh.tmpl'
         mode: 0755
       /var/lib/{{.BeatName}}/data/{{.BeatName}}-{{ commit_short }}/{{.BeatName}}{{.BinaryExt}}:
         source: build/golang-crossbuild/{{.BeatName}}-{{.GOOS}}-{{.Platform.Arch}}{{.BinaryExt}}
diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/deb/elastic-agent.sh.tmpl b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/deb/elastic-agent.init.sh.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-tools/packaging/templates/deb/elastic-agent.sh.tmpl
rename to dev-tools/packaging/templates/deb/elastic-agent.init.sh.tmpl
diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/rpm/elastic-agent.sh.tmpl b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/rpm/elastic-agent.init.sh.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-tools/packaging/templates/rpm/elastic-agent.sh.tmpl
rename to dev-tools/packaging/templates/rpm/elastic-agent.init.sh.tmpl
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 66108fe82b69..3d534aa24422 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 - Fix deb/rpm packaging for Elastic Agent {pull}22153[22153]
 - Fix composable input processor promotion to fix duplicates {pull}22344[22344]
 - Fix sysv init files for deb/rpm installation {pull}22543[22543]
+- Fix shell wrapper for deb/rpm packaging {pull}23038[23038]
 - Fixed parsing of npipe URI {pull}22978[22978]
 
 ==== New features