diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
index 1994a6c739..20e9f7f842 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
+#ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
 ap_scan=1
 
 network={
diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
index 5ad4aa10a7..5c79abe0ef 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ WPA_SUPPLICANT_DEPENDENCIES += readline
 WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_ENABLE += CONFIG_READLINE
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_CTRL_IFACE),y)
+define WPA_SUPPLICANT_ENABLE_CTRL_IFACE
+	sed -i '/ctrl_interface/s/^#//g' $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
+endef
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_WPA_CLIENT_SO),y)
 WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_ENABLE += CONFIG_BUILD_WPA_CLIENT_SO
 define WPA_SUPPLICANT_INSTALL_WPA_CLIENT_SO
@@ -245,6 +251,7 @@ define WPA_SUPPLICANT_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_INSTALL_PASSPHRASE)
 	$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_INSTALL_DBUS)
 	$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_INSTALL_WPA_CLIENT_SO)
+	$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_ENABLE_CTRL_IFACE)
 endef
 
 define WPA_SUPPLICANT_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD