diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index c8f551df2..6909505f7 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mwan3
-PKG_VERSION:=2.10.7
+PKG_VERSION:=2.10.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Eckert <fe@dev.tdt.de>, \
 		Aaron Goodman <aaronjg@alumni.stanford.edu>
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3track b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3track
index fd81f68c3..2c535d59f 100755
--- a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3track
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3track
@@ -128,6 +128,24 @@ connected() {
 	env -i FIRSTCONNECT=$1 ACTION="connected" INTERFACE="$INTERFACE" DEVICE="$DEVICE" /sbin/hotplug-call iface
 }
 
+disconnecting() {
+	if [ "$STATUS" != "disconnecting" ] ; then
+		STATUS="disconnecting"
+		echo "disconnecting" > $MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/$INTERFACE/STATUS
+		LOG notice "Interface $INTERFACE ($DEVICE) is disconnecting"
+		env -i ACTION="disconnecting" INTERFACE="$INTERFACE" DEVICE="$DEVICE" /sbin/hotplug-call iface
+	fi
+}
+
+connecting() {
+	if [ "$STATUS" != "connecting" ] ; then
+		STATUS="connecting"
+		echo "connecting" > $MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/$INTERFACE/STATUS
+		LOG notice "Interface $INTERFACE ($DEVICE) is connecting"
+		env -i ACTION="connecting" INTERFACE="$INTERFACE" DEVICE="$DEVICE" /sbin/hotplug-call iface
+	fi
+}
+
 disabled() {
 	STATUS='disabled'
 	echo "disabled" > $MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/$INTERFACE/STATUS
@@ -326,6 +344,7 @@ main() {
 				score=0
 				[ ${keep_failure_interval} -eq 1 ] && sleep_time=$failure_interval
 			else
+				disconnecting
 				sleep_time=$failure_interval
 			fi
 
@@ -335,6 +354,7 @@ main() {
 			fi
 		else
 			if [ $score -lt $((down+up)) ] && [ $lost -gt 0 ]; then
+				connecting
 				LOG info "Lost $((lost*count)) ping(s) on interface $INTERFACE ($DEVICE). Current score: $score"
 			fi
 
@@ -345,6 +365,7 @@ main() {
 				echo "online" > $MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/$INTERFACE/STATUS
 				score=$((down+up))
 			elif [ $score -le $up ]; then
+				connecting
 				sleep_time=$recovery_interval
 			fi