diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/led b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/led
index 1a57e8afd70a8a9ada0ff70a97e122a65a982e5b..3f457324990eadfd461be567d5b432cdc53837fe 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/led
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/led
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ load_led() {
 	config_get port_state $1 port_state
 	config_get delay $1 delay "150"
 	config_get message $1 message ""
+	config_get gpio $1 gpio "0"
+	config_get inverted $1 inverted "0"
 
 	if [ "$trigger" = "rssi" ]; then
 		# handled by rssileds userspace process
@@ -80,6 +82,11 @@ load_led() {
 			echo $delay > /sys/class/leds/${sysfs}/delay
 			;;
 
+		"gpio")
+			echo $gpio > /sys/class/leds/${sysfs}/gpio
+			echo $inverted > /sys/class/leds/${sysfs}/inverted
+			;;
+
 		switch[0-9]*)
 			local port_mask
 
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
index 6577ecdcde0c856b3e6dd1b9337f23cb782ef2be..8ba95a22ff71893288b14e8d5338fd2795ee354d 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
@@ -158,6 +158,26 @@ EOF
 	UCIDEF_LEDS_CHANGED=1
 }
 
+ucidef_set_led_trigger_gpio() {
+	local cfg="led_$1"
+	local name=$2
+	local sysfs=$3
+	local gpio=$4
+	local inverted=$5
+
+	uci -q get system.$cfg && return 0
+
+	uci batch <<EOF
+set system.$cfg='led'
+set system.$cfg.name='$name'
+set system.$cfg.sysfs='$sysfs'
+set system.$cfg.trigger='gpio'
+set system.$cfg.gpio='$gpio'
+set system.$cfg.inverted='$inverted'
+EOF
+	UCIDEF_LEDS_CHANGED=1
+}
+
 ucidef_set_rssimon() {
 	local dev="$1"
 	local refresh="$2"