diff --git a/net/openconnect/Makefile b/net/openconnect/Makefile
index df0a70b7be..00fbf8b612 100644
--- a/net/openconnect/Makefile
+++ b/net/openconnect/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=openconnect
 PKG_VERSION:=6.00
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/openconnect/
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ define Package/openconnect/install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/vpnc-script $(1)/lib/netifd/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openconnect $(1)/usr/sbin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/openconnect-wrapper $(1)/usr/sbin/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,openconnect))
diff --git a/net/openconnect/files/openconnect-wrapper b/net/openconnect/files/openconnect-wrapper
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..eb2df54f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/openconnect/files/openconnect-wrapper
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script wraps openconnect in order to obtain the password
+# file from cmd.
+
+# $1 password file
+# $2... are passed to openconnect
+
+test -z "$1" && exit 1
+
+pwfile=$1
+shift
+
+cat $pwfile|/usr/sbin/openconnect $*
diff --git a/net/openconnect/files/openconnect.sh b/net/openconnect/files/openconnect.sh
index 315b311efa..404ed6b6db 100755
--- a/net/openconnect/files/openconnect.sh
+++ b/net/openconnect/files/openconnect.sh
@@ -55,13 +55,15 @@ proto_openconnect_setup() {
 	logger -t openconnect "executing 'openconnect $cmdline'"
 
 	if [ -f "$pwfile" ];then
-		proto_run_command "$config" /usr/sbin/openconnect $cmdline <$pwfile
+		proto_run_command "$config" /usr/sbin/openconnect-wrapper $pwfile $cmdline
 	else
 		proto_run_command "$config" /usr/sbin/openconnect $cmdline
 	fi
 }
 
 proto_openconnect_teardown() {
+	local config="$1"
+
 	pwfile="/var/run/openconnect-$config.passwd"
 
 	rm -f $pwfile