diff --git a/net/coova-chilli/Makefile b/net/coova-chilli/Makefile
index 364bb3888..fc9c8fa2d 100644
--- a/net/coova-chilli/Makefile
+++ b/net/coova-chilli/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=coova-chilli
 PKG_VERSION:=1.3.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ap.coova.org/chilli
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ define Package/coova-chilli/install
 	$(INSTALL_CONF) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/chilli.conf $(1)/etc/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/chilli
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/chilli/* $(1)/etc/chilli/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/chilli.hotplug $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface/30-chilli
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/chilli* $(1)/usr/sbin/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/
diff --git a/net/coova-chilli/files/chilli.hotplug b/net/coova-chilli/files/chilli.hotplug
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e12812b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/coova-chilli/files/chilli.hotplug
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+[ "$ACTION" == "ifup" ] || exit 0
+
+[ "$INTERFACE" = "wan" ] && {
+	/etc/init.d/chilli restart
+}