diff --git a/lib/resources/service.rb b/lib/resources/service.rb
index 7e86c3831..3fcdc0b16 100644
--- a/lib/resources/service.rb
+++ b/lib/resources/service.rb
@@ -4,13 +4,59 @@
 # author: Stephan Renatus
 # license: All rights reserved
 
-# Usage:
-# describe service('dhcp') do
-#   it { should be_enabled }
-#   it { should be_installed }
-#   it { should be_running }
-# end
-#
+class Runlevels < Hash
+  attr_accessor :owner
+
+  def self.from_hash(owner, hash = {}, filter = nil)
+    res = Runlevels.new(owner)
+    filter = filter.first if filter.is_a?(Array) && filter.length <= 1
+
+    ks = case filter
+         when nil
+           hash.keys
+         when Regexp
+           hash.keys.find_all { |x| x.to_s =~ filter }
+         when Array
+           f = filter.map(&:to_s)
+           hash.keys.find_all { |x| f.include?(x.to_s) }
+         when Numeric
+           hash.keys.include?(filter) ? [filter] : []
+         else
+           hash.keys.find_all { |x| x == filter }
+         end
+
+    ks.each { |k| res[k] = hash[k] }
+    res
+  end
+
+  def initialize(owner, default = false)
+    @owner = owner
+    super(default)
+  end
+
+  def filter(f)
+    Runlevels.from_hash(owner, self, f)
+  end
+
+  # Check if all runlevels are enabled
+  #
+  # @return [boolean] true if all runlevels are enabled
+  def enabled?
+    values.all?
+  end
+
+  # Check if all runlevels are disabled
+  #
+  # @return [boolean] true if all runlevels are disabled
+  def disabled?
+    !values.any?
+  end
+
+  def to_s
+    "#{owner} runlevels #{keys.join(', ')}"
+  end
+end
+
 # We detect the init system for each operating system, based on the operating
 # system.
 #
@@ -29,6 +75,10 @@ class Service < Inspec.resource(1)
       it { should be_enabled }
       it { should be_running }
     end
+
+    describe service('service_name').runlevels(3, 5) do
+      it { should be_enabled }
+    end
   "
 
   attr_reader :service_ctl
@@ -98,7 +148,7 @@ class Service < Inspec.resource(1)
     @cache ||= @service_mgmt.info(@service_name)
   end
 
-  # verifies the service is enabled
+  # verifies if the service is enabled
   def enabled?(_level = nil)
     return false if info.nil?
     info[:enabled]
@@ -116,6 +166,12 @@ class Service < Inspec.resource(1)
     info[:running]
   end
 
+  # get all runlevels that are available and their configuration
+  def runlevels(*args)
+    return Runlevels.new(self) if info.nil? or info[:runlevels].nil?
+    Runlevels.from_hash(self, info[:runlevels], args)
+  end
+
   def to_s
     "Service #{@service_name}"
   end
@@ -275,6 +331,8 @@ class Upstart < ServiceManager
 end
 
 class SysV < ServiceManager
+  RUNLEVELS = { 0=>false, 1=>false, 2=>false, 3=>false, 4=>false, 5=>false, 6=>false }.freeze
+
   def initialize(service_name, service_ctl = nil)
     @service_ctl ||= 'service'
     super
@@ -296,10 +354,15 @@ class SysV < ServiceManager
     # on rhel via: 'chkconfig --list', is not installed by default
     # bash: for i in `find /etc/rc*.d -name S*`; do basename $i | sed -r 's/^S[0-9]+//'; done | sort | uniq
     enabled_services_cmd = inspec.command('find /etc/rc*.d -name S*')
-    enabled_services = enabled_services_cmd.stdout.split("\n").select { |line|
-      /(^.*#{service_name}.*)/.match(line)
-    }
-    enabled = !enabled_services.empty?
+    service_line = %r{rc(?<runlevel>[0-6])\.d/S[^/]*?#{Regexp.escape service_name}$}
+    all_services = enabled_services_cmd.stdout.split("\n").map { |line|
+      service_line.match(line)
+    }.compact
+    enabled = !all_services.empty?
+
+    # Determine a list of runlevels which this service is activated for
+    runlevels = RUNLEVELS.dup
+    all_services.each { |x| runlevels[x[:runlevel].to_i] = true }
 
     # check if service is really running
     # service throws an exit code if the service is not installed or
@@ -313,6 +376,7 @@ class SysV < ServiceManager
       installed: true,
       running: running,
       enabled: enabled,
+      runlevels: runlevels,
       type: 'sysv',
     }
   end
diff --git a/test/unit/resources/service_test.rb b/test/unit/resources/service_test.rb
index 5cbe904f5..ff9ea8a25 100644
--- a/test/unit/resources/service_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/resources/service_test.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require 'helper'
 require 'inspec/resource'
 
 describe 'Inspec::Resources::Service' do
+  let(:runlevels) { {0=>false, 1=>false, 2=>true, 3=>true, 4=>true, 5=>true, 6=>false} }
 
   # windows
   it 'verify service parsing' do
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ describe 'Inspec::Resources::Service' do
   # centos 6 with sysv
   it 'verify centos 6 package parsing' do
     resource = MockLoader.new(:centos6).load_resource('service', 'sshd')
-    srv = { name: 'sshd', description: nil, installed: true, running: true, enabled: true, type: 'sysv' }
+    srv = { name: 'sshd', description: nil, installed: true, running: true, enabled: true, runlevels: runlevels, type: 'sysv' }
     _(resource.info).must_equal srv
     _(resource.installed?).must_equal true
     _(resource.enabled?).must_equal true
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ describe 'Inspec::Resources::Service' do
 
   it 'verify centos 6 package parsing with default sysv_service' do
     resource = MockLoader.new(:centos6).load_resource('sysv_service', 'sshd')
-    srv = { name: 'sshd', description: nil, installed: true, running: true, enabled: true, type: 'sysv' }
+    srv = { name: 'sshd', description: nil, installed: true, running: true, enabled: true, runlevels: runlevels, type: 'sysv' }
     _(resource.info).must_equal srv
     _(resource.installed?).must_equal true
     _(resource.enabled?).must_equal true
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ describe 'Inspec::Resources::Service' do
   # debian 7 with systemv
   it 'verify debian 7 package parsing' do
     resource = MockLoader.new(:debian7).load_resource('service', 'sshd')
-    srv = { name: 'sshd', description: nil, installed: true, running: true, enabled: true, type: 'sysv' }
+    srv = { name: 'sshd', description: nil, installed: true, running: true, enabled: true, runlevels: runlevels, type: 'sysv' }
     _(resource.info).must_equal srv
     _(resource.installed?).must_equal true
     _(resource.enabled?).must_equal true
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ describe 'Inspec::Resources::Service' do
   # wrlinux
   it 'verify wrlinux package parsing' do
     resource = MockLoader.new(:wrlinux).load_resource('service', 'sshd')
-    srv = { name: 'sshd', description: nil, installed: true, running: true, enabled: true, type: 'sysv' }
+    srv = { name: 'sshd', description: nil, installed: true, running: true, enabled: true, runlevels: runlevels, type: 'sysv' }
     _(resource.info).must_equal srv
     _(resource.installed?).must_equal true
     _(resource.enabled?).must_equal true
@@ -187,4 +188,45 @@ describe 'Inspec::Resources::Service' do
     _(resource.installed?).must_equal false
     _(resource.info).must_equal nil
   end
+
+  # runlevel detection
+  describe 'runlevels on centos 6 (system V)' do
+    let(:service) { MockLoader.new(:centos6).load_resource('service', 'sshd') }
+
+    it 'grabs all runlevels' do
+      service.runlevels.keys.must_equal [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+    end
+
+    it 'grabs runlevels via filter nil' do
+      service.runlevels(nil).keys.must_equal [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+    end
+
+    it 'grabs runlevels by number' do
+      service.runlevels(3).keys.must_equal [3]
+    end
+
+    it 'grabs runlevels by multiple numbers' do
+      service.runlevels(3, 4, 8).keys.must_equal [3, 4]
+    end
+
+    it 'grabs runlevels via regex' do
+      service.runlevels(/[5-9]/).keys.must_equal [5, 6]
+    end
+
+    it 'checks enabled true if all services are enabled' do
+      service.runlevels(2, 4).enabled?.must_equal true
+    end
+
+    it 'checks enabled false if some services are not enabled' do
+      service.runlevels(1, 4).enabled?.must_equal false
+    end
+
+    it 'checks disabled true if all services are disabled' do
+      service.runlevels(0, 1).disabled?.must_equal true
+    end
+
+    it 'checks disabled false if some services are not disabled' do
+      service.runlevels(0, 4).enabled?.must_equal false
+    end
+  end
 end