diff --git a/net/vnstat2/Makefile b/net/vnstat2/Makefile
index eadd0c671..3f31083ec 100644
--- a/net/vnstat2/Makefile
+++ b/net/vnstat2/Makefile
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ define Package/vnstat2/install
 	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/vnstat.config $(1)/etc/config/vnstat
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/vnstat.init $(1)/etc/init.d/vnstat
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/vnstat.hotplug $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface/50-vnstat
 endef
 
 define Package/vnstati2/install
diff --git a/net/vnstat2/files/vnstat.hotplug b/net/vnstat2/files/vnstat.hotplug
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..339c0ac82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/vnstat2/files/vnstat.hotplug
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/etc/init.d/vnstat running || exit 0
+[ "$ACTION" = "ifup" ] || exit 0
+
+. /lib/functions.sh
+
+check_iface() {
+	local iface="$1"
+
+	[ "$iface" = "$DEVICE" ] || return
+
+	/usr/bin/vnstat --add -i "$iface" >/dev/null
+
+	exit 0
+}
+
+check_ifaces() {
+	local cfg="$1"
+
+	config_list_foreach "$cfg" interface check_iface
+}
+
+config_load vnstat
+config_foreach check_ifaces vnstat