diff --git a/lfs/hostapd b/lfs/hostapd
index e9286684b..f393d9179 100644
--- a/lfs/hostapd
+++ b/lfs/hostapd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2015  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2016  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
 PROG       = hostapd
-PAK_VER    = 34
+PAK_VER    = 35
 
 DEPS       = ""
 
diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/hostapd b/src/initscripts/init.d/hostapd
index 209f969de..02e8c1614 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/hostapd
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/hostapd
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ case "${1}" in
 		/usr/sbin/iw reg set $COUNTRY
 
 		/usr/sbin/iwconfig $INTERFACE channel $CHANNEL 2>/dev/null
-		/usr/sbin/iwconfig $INTERFACE txpower $TXPOWER
+
+		ip link set ${INTERFACE} up 2>/dev/null
+		/usr/sbin/iwconfig $INTERFACE txpower $TXPOWER 2>/dev/null
 
 		/usr/bin/hostapd -P /var/run/hostapd /etc/hostapd.conf >/dev/null 2>&1 &