diff --git a/net/mini_snmpd/Makefile b/net/mini_snmpd/Makefile
index a40ba7e95..69f33b779 100644
--- a/net/mini_snmpd/Makefile
+++ b/net/mini_snmpd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mini_snmpd
 PKG_VERSION:=1.4-rc1
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_RELEASE:=6
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Marcin Jurkowski <marcin1j@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.config b/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.config
index c06f7b190..e00685ea9 100644
--- a/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.config
+++ b/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.config
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config mini_snmpd 'default'
 	# Turn on community authentication (snmp agent must use community name)
 	option auth 0
 	option community 'public'
+	option description 'OpenWRT'
 	option contact 'OpenWRT router <openwrt@openwrt.org>'
 	option location 'Undisclosed'
 	# to listen on all interfaces you need to set option listen_interface ''
diff --git a/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.init b/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.init
index 96dc5ab9e..d0b1e204e 100644
--- a/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.init
+++ b/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.init
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ mini_snmpd_validation="enabled:bool:0 \
 		auth:bool:1 \
 		community:rangelength(1,32):public \
 		contact:maxlength(255) \
+		description:maxlength(255) \
 		location:maxlength(255) \
 		listen_interface:uciname \
 		udp_port:port \
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ start_instance() {
 	append_arg "-c" "$community"
 	append_arg "-L" "$location"
 	append_arg "-C" "$contact"
+	append_arg "-D" "$description"
 	append_arg "-p" $udp_port
 	append_arg "-P" $tcp_port
 	append_arg "-V" "$vendor_oid"