diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index 57d53ecc1fc1cd84576bab94d9c537a760342a1f..b148bdf33f0bd52a0b95e4f1976fb2cec79863a3 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=base-files
-PKG_RELEASE:=16
+PKG_RELEASE:=17
 
 PKG_FILE_DEPEND:=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/ $(GENERIC_PLATFORM_DIR)/base-files/
 
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
index 29b7fe5c1340991961d36e306ba0d7e427a5a754..0ab46c18aff7c9004a51930d960e9c0c8660fa82 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ sort_list() {
 prepare_interface() {
 	local iface="$1"
 	local config="$2"
+	local vifmac="$3"
 
 	# if we're called for the bridge interface itself, don't bother trying
 	# to create any interfaces here. The scripts have already done that, otherwise
@@ -93,6 +94,12 @@ prepare_interface() {
 		# make sure the interface is removed from any existing bridge and deconfigured 
 		ifconfig "$iface" 0.0.0.0
 		unbridge "$iface"
+
+		# Change interface MAC address if requested
+		[ -n "$vifmac" ] && {
+			ifconfig "$iface" down
+			ifconfig "$iface" hw ether "$vifmac" up
+		}
 	}
 
 	# Setup VLAN interfaces
@@ -209,6 +216,7 @@ setup_interface_alias() {
 setup_interface() {
 	local iface="$1"
 	local config="$2"
+	local vifmac="$4"
 	local proto
 	local macaddr
 
@@ -218,7 +226,7 @@ setup_interface() {
 	}
 	proto="${3:-$(config_get "$config" proto)}"
 	
-	prepare_interface "$iface" "$config" || return 0
+	prepare_interface "$iface" "$config" "$vifmac" || return 0
 	
 	[ "$iface" = "br-$config" ] && {
 		# need to bring up the bridge and wait a second for 
@@ -231,7 +239,6 @@ setup_interface() {
 	# Interface settings
 	config_get mtu "$config" mtu
 	config_get macaddr "$config" macaddr
-	macaddr="${macaddr:-$3}"
 	grep "$iface:" /proc/net/dev > /dev/null && \
 		$DEBUG ifconfig "$iface" down && \
 		$DEBUG ifconfig "$iface" ${macaddr:+hw ether "$macaddr"} ${mtu:+mtu $mtu} up
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi b/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi
index 30ecb1b77c748d141b79105662a776a2fb916cc7..e0aca6315537a815d5094a2b09287500136333ac 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi
+++ b/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi
@@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ wifi_detect() {
 start_net() {(
 	local iface="$1"
 	local config="$2"
+	local vifmac="$3"
 
 	[ -f "/var/run/$iface.pid" ] && kill "$(cat /var/run/${iface}.pid)" 2>/dev/null
 	include /lib/network
 	scan_interfaces
-	setup_interface "$1" "$2" "$3"
+	setup_interface "$iface" "$config" "" "$vifmac"
 )}
 
 set_wifi_up() {