diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1441.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1441.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac26e20ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1441.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: improvement
+improvement:
+  description: Moved the init and check scripts to a resource subdirectory less likely
+    to collide with other Gradle plugins.
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/sls-packaging/pull/1441
diff --git a/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/tasks/CreateCheckScript.java b/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/tasks/CreateCheckScript.java
index b6592caf7..018245372 100644
--- a/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/tasks/CreateCheckScript.java
+++ b/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/tasks/CreateCheckScript.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ interface Params {
     static void action(Params params) {
         if (!params.getCheckArgs().get().isEmpty()) {
             EmitFiles.replaceVars(
-                            JavaServiceDistributionPlugin.class.getResourceAsStream("/check.sh"),
+                            JavaServiceDistributionPlugin.class.getResourceAsStream("/sls-packaging/check.sh"),
                             params.getOutputFile().get().getAsFile().toPath(),
                             ImmutableMap.of(
                                     "@serviceName@", params.getServiceName().get(),
diff --git a/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/tasks/CreateInitScript.java b/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/tasks/CreateInitScript.java
index 6747482d8..96d7f5150 100644
--- a/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/tasks/CreateInitScript.java
+++ b/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/tasks/CreateInitScript.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ interface Params {
 
     static void action(Params params) {
         EmitFiles.replaceVars(
-                        JavaServiceDistributionPlugin.class.getResourceAsStream("/init.sh"),
+                        JavaServiceDistributionPlugin.class.getResourceAsStream("/sls-packaging/init.sh"),
                         params.getOutputFile().get().getAsFile().toPath(),
                         ImmutableMap.of("@serviceName@", params.getServiceName().get()))
                 .toFile()
diff --git a/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/resources/check.sh b/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/resources/sls-packaging/check.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/resources/check.sh
rename to gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/resources/sls-packaging/check.sh
diff --git a/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/resources/init.sh b/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/resources/sls-packaging/init.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/resources/init.sh
rename to gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/resources/sls-packaging/init.sh