diff --git a/package/base-files-network/files/lib/network/config.sh b/package/base-files-network/files/lib/network/config.sh
index 29d021af9..74810e47d 100755
--- a/package/base-files-network/files/lib/network/config.sh
+++ b/package/base-files-network/files/lib/network/config.sh
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ sort_list() {
 	) | sort -u
 }
 
+prepare_interface_bridge() {
+	return 0
+}
+
 # Create the interface, if necessary.
 # Return status 0 indicates that the setup_interface() call should continue
 # Return status 1 means that everything is set up already.
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi b/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi
index e2dd0a32d..2e66bfcbe 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi
+++ b/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ bridge_interface() {(
 
 	config_get iftype "$cfg" type
 	[ "$iftype" = bridge ] && config_get "$cfg" ifname
+	prepare_interface_bridge "$cfg"
 )}
 
 prepare_key_wep() {
diff --git a/package/netifd/Makefile b/package/netifd/Makefile
index 465acd412..98b4a4044 100644
--- a/package/netifd/Makefile
+++ b/package/netifd/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=netifd
-PKG_VERSION:=2011-11-03
+PKG_VERSION:=2011-11-04
 PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=git://nbd.name/luci2/netifd.git
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=5c0c0bb557b17c581d4f238c52b0b44ada34a608
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=b6d7a8bc9822667cb851bec465c3ad7cd6714e90
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
 # PKG_MIRROR_MD5SUM:=
 # CMAKE_INSTALL:=1
diff --git a/package/netifd/files/lib/network/config.sh b/package/netifd/files/lib/network/config.sh
index 778c964e7..4ce362eb1 100755
--- a/package/netifd/files/lib/network/config.sh
+++ b/package/netifd/files/lib/network/config.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ scan_interfaces() {
 	config_foreach fixup_interface interface
 }
 
+prepare_interface_bridge() {
+	local config="$1"
+
+	[ -n "$config" ] || return 0
+	ubus call network.interface."$config" prepare
+}
+
 setup_interface() {
 	local iface="$1"
 	local config="$2"