diff --git a/net/fwknop/Makefile b/net/fwknop/Makefile
index 65a1c9416..bbc564308 100644
--- a/net/fwknop/Makefile
+++ b/net/fwknop/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=fwknop
 PKG_VERSION:=2.6.9
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.cipherdyne.org/fwknop/download
diff --git a/net/fwknop/files/fwknopd b/net/fwknop/files/fwknopd
index 8a2b7599e..e6db76b33 100644
--- a/net/fwknop/files/fwknopd
+++ b/net/fwknop/files/fwknopd
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ config global
 #	option uci_enabled '1'
 
 config network
-#	option network 'wan'	# takes precedence over config.PCAP_INTF
+	# Logical network dependency, fully tracked, fwknopd gets restarted when
+	# necessary. Specifying network takes precedence over config.PCAP_INTF
+#	option network 'wan'
 
 config access
 	option SOURCE 'ANY'
@@ -10,3 +12,6 @@ config access
 	option KEY 'CHANGEME'
 
 config config
+	# Alternative direct physical interface definition, but untracked - you
+	# are on your own to correctly start/stop the service when needed
+#	option PCAP_INTF 'eth0'
diff --git a/net/fwknop/files/fwknopd.init b/net/fwknop/files/fwknopd.init
index f59691151..b77b1439d 100644
--- a/net/fwknop/files/fwknopd.init
+++ b/net/fwknop/files/fwknopd.init
@@ -14,24 +14,31 @@ start_service()
 {
 	generate_configuration
 
-	procd_open_instance
-	procd_set_param command "$FWKNOPD_BIN" --foreground --syslog-enable
-	procd_set_param respawn
-
-	if [ $UCI_ENABLED -eq 1 ]; then
-		procd_append_param command -c /var/etc/fwknopd.conf
-		procd_append_param command -a /var/etc/access.conf
+	if [ -n "$DEPEND_IFNAME" ] ; then
+		# We know the interface, so we can start
+		procd_open_instance
+		procd_set_param command "$FWKNOPD_BIN" --foreground --syslog-enable
+		procd_set_param respawn
+		if [ $UCI_ENABLED -eq 1 ]; then
+			procd_append_param command -c /var/etc/fwknopd.conf
+			procd_append_param command -a /var/etc/access.conf
+		fi
+		procd_append_param command -i "$DEPEND_IFNAME"
+		procd_set_param netdev "$DEPEND_IFNAME"
+		procd_close_instance
+	else
+		logger -p daemon.info -t "fwknopd[----]" "Postponing start-up of fwknopd, network $NETWORK is not up"
 	fi
-
-	procd_append_param command -i "$DEPEND_IFNAME"
-	procd_set_param netdev "$DEPEND_IFNAME"
-
-	procd_close_instance
 }
 
 service_triggers()
 {
 	procd_add_reload_trigger "fwknopd"
+
+	if [ -n "$NETWORK" ] ; then
+		logger -p daemon.info -t "fwknopd[----]" "Listening for changes on network $NETWORK"
+		procd_add_reload_interface_trigger "$NETWORK"
+	fi
 }
 
 get_bool()
@@ -51,7 +58,7 @@ generate_configuration()
 
 	UCI_ENABLED=0
 	DEPEND_IFNAME=
-	local NETWORK=
+	NETWORK=
 	local PCAP_INTF=
 	local USER_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/fwknop/fwknopd.conf
 	local DEFAULT_UCI_NETWORK=wan
@@ -67,9 +74,16 @@ generate_configuration()
 				if [ "$option" = "uci_enabled" ] && [ "$(get_bool "$value" 0)" -eq 1 ] ; then
 					> /var/etc/fwknopd.conf
 					> /var/etc/access.conf
-                                        chmod 600 /var/etc/fwknopd.conf
-                                        chmod 600 /var/etc/access.conf
+					chmod 600 /var/etc/fwknopd.conf
+					chmod 600 /var/etc/access.conf
 					UCI_ENABLED=1
+
+					# Forced defaults
+
+					# Do not let fwknopd to shut-down when interface goes down,
+					# control it from the start-up script instead:
+					# https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1481
+					echo "EXIT_AT_INTF_DOWN n" >> /var/etc/fwknopd.conf
 				fi
 			}
 		elif [ "$type" = "network" ]; then
@@ -87,12 +101,13 @@ generate_configuration()
 				if [ $UCI_ENABLED -eq 1 ] && [ $option = "PCAP_INTF" ]; then
 					PCAP_INTF="$value"
 					echo "$option $value" >> /var/etc/fwknopd.conf  #writing each option to fwknopd.conf
+				elif [ $UCI_ENABLED -eq 1 ] && [ $option = "EXIT_AT_INTF_DOWN" ]; then
+					logger -p daemon.warn -t "fwknopd[----]" "Ignoring EXIT_AT_INTF_DOWN option, forced to N (no) to work reliably with procd"
 				elif [ $UCI_ENABLED -eq 1 ]; then
 					echo "$option $value" >> /var/etc/fwknopd.conf  #writing each option to fwknopd.conf
 				fi
 			}
-		elif [ "$type" = "access" ]
-		then
+		elif [ "$type" = "access" ]; then
 			if [ -f /tmp/access.conf.tmp ] ; then
 				cat /tmp/access.conf.tmp >> /var/etc/access.conf
 				rm /tmp/access.conf.tmp
@@ -108,7 +123,7 @@ generate_configuration()
 				fi
 			}
 		else
-			option_cb() { return; }
+			reset_cb
 			if [ -z "$type" ]; then
 				# Finalize reading
 				if [ -f /tmp/access.conf.tmp ] ; then
@@ -125,8 +140,8 @@ generate_configuration()
 
 	if [ $UCI_ENABLED -eq 0 ]; then
 		if [ -f $USER_CONFIG_PATH ] ; then
-			# Scan user configuration for PCAP_INTF settings
-			DEPEND_IFNAME="$( sed -ne '/^\s*PCAP_INTF\s\+/ { s/^\s*PCAP_INTF\s\+//; s/\s\+$//; p; q; }' /etc/fwknop/fwknopd.conf )"
+			# Scan user configuration for PCAP_INTF settings and fallback to fwknopd's default
+			DEPEND_IFNAME="$( sed -ne '/^\s*PCAP_INTF\s\+/ { s/^\s*PCAP_INTF\s\+//; s/\s\+$//; p; q; }' $USER_CONFIG_PATH )"
 			if [ -n "$DEPEND_IFNAME" ]; then
 				logger -p daemon.debug -t "fwknopd[----]" "Found fwknopd.conf configuration, using PCAP_INTF interface $DEPEND_IFNAME"
 			else
@@ -146,14 +161,14 @@ generate_configuration()
 			NETWORK="$DEFAULT_UCI_NETWORK"
 		fi
 
+		# Resolve network if possible
 		if [ -n "$NETWORK" ]; then
 			. /lib/functions/network.sh
-			network_get_physdev DEPEND_IFNAME "$NETWORK"
+			network_get_device DEPEND_IFNAME "$NETWORK"
 			if [ -n "$DEPEND_IFNAME" ]; then
 				logger -p daemon.debug -t "fwknopd[----]" "Resolved network $NETWORK as interface $DEPEND_IFNAME"
 			else
-				logger -p daemon.warn -t "fwknopd[----]" "Cannot find interface for network $NETWORK, fwknopd's default $DEFAULT_FWKNOPD_IFNAME will be used"
-				DEPEND_IFNAME="$DEFAULT_FWKNOPD_IFNAME"
+				logger -p daemon.warn -t "fwknopd[----]" "Cannot find interface for network $NETWORK, probably the network is not up"
 			fi
 		elif [ -n "$PCAP_INTF" ]; then
 			DEPEND_IFNAME="$PCAP_INTF"