diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/ipfireseeder b/src/initscripts/init.d/ipfireseeder
index 8abac94fd..f93175120 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/ipfireseeder
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/ipfireseeder
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@ case "${1}" in
 	start)
 		boot_mesg "Starting IPFire Seeder..."
 		cd /var/log/seeder
-		loadproc screen -dmS seeder /usr/bin/rtorrent /var/ipfire/seeder/*.torrent
+		loadproc screen -dmS seeder /usr/bin/rtorrent -o port_range=35700-35705 \
+			/var/ipfire/seeder/*.torrent
+		if ! grep -q "35700:35705" /var/ipfire/xtaccess/config ; then
+			echo "tcp,0.0.0.0/0,35700:35705,on,0.0.0.0,IPFireSeeder" >> /var/ipfire/xtaccess/config
+			echo "udp,0.0.0.0/0,35700:35705,on,0.0.0.0,IPFireSeeder" >> /var/ipfire/xtaccess/config
+			/usr/local/bin/setxtaccess
+		fi
 		;;
 
 	stop)