diff --git a/net/mosquitto/Makefile b/net/mosquitto/Makefile
index 2a1ee5914..59323d68f 100644
--- a/net/mosquitto/Makefile
+++ b/net/mosquitto/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mosquitto
 PKG_VERSION:=1.5.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE.txt
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:eclipse:mosquitto
diff --git a/net/mosquitto/files/etc/init.d/mosquitto b/net/mosquitto/files/etc/init.d/mosquitto
index e7c1110c1..b42fa8866 100755
--- a/net/mosquitto/files/etc/init.d/mosquitto
+++ b/net/mosquitto/files/etc/init.d/mosquitto
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ convert_mosq_general() {
 	append_if "$1" max_queued_bytes
 	append_if "$1" max_queued_messages
 	append_if "$1" message_size_limit
-	append_if "$1" passwd_file
+	append_if "$1" password_file
 	append_if "$1" pid_file
 	append_if "$1" psk_file
 	append_optional_bool "$1" queue_qos0_messages