diff --git a/net/shorewall6-lite/Makefile b/net/shorewall6-lite/Makefile
index 048b53aa7c..bbed3b5b8c 100644
--- a/net/shorewall6-lite/Makefile
+++ b/net/shorewall6-lite/Makefile
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=shorewall6-lite
-PKG_VERSION:=5.1.4.1
+PKG_VERSION:=5.1.8.1
 PKG_DIRECTORY:=5.1
-PKG_MAINVERSION:=5.1.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_MAINVERSION:=5.1.8
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/$(PKG_DIRECTORY)/shorewall-$(PKG_MAINVERSION)/ 
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/$(PKG_DIRECTORY)/shorewall-$(PKG_MAINVERSION)/
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_HASH:=29a2f2be295b4f995b38e663b771660ccdc6321134bcfbd0f9378f9bb1237e3c
+PKG_HASH:=7f1b99465df8f6bc47e0bc40e413b9323a5a9d0b2576709fd28366f0af5b852e
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Willem van den Akker <wvdakker@wilsoft.nl>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ define Package/shorewall6-lite/description
 endef
 
 define Package/shorewall6-lite/conffiles
-/etc/shorewall6-lite/shorewall6-lite.conf
-/etc/shorewall6-lite/vardir
+/etc/shorewall6-lite/
 endef
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
@@ -59,19 +58,19 @@ define Build/Compile
 endef
 
 define Package/shorewall6-lite/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/shorewall6-lite/state
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/shorewall6-lite/state/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share/shorewall6-lite/
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/hotplug_iface $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface/05-shorewall6-lite
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/shorewall6-lite $(1)/usr/share
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/shorewall6-lite $(1)/usr/sbin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/shorewall6-lite/shorecap $(1)/usr/share/shorewall6-lite
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/hostname $(1)/usr/share/shorewall6-lite
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/shorewall6-lite $(1)/etc
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/init.d $(1)/etc
-	$(CP) ./files/vardir $(1)/etc/shorewall6-lite
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/shorewall6-lite/ $(1)/usr/share/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/shorewall6-lite $(1)/usr/sbin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/shorewall6-lite/shorecap $(1)/usr/share/shorewall6-lite/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/hostname $(1)/usr/share/shorewall6-lite/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/shorewall6-lite/ $(1)/etc/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/shorewall6-lite.init $(1)/etc/init.d/shorewall6-lite
+	$(CP) ./files/vardir $(1)/etc/shorewall6-lite/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,shorewall6-lite))
diff --git a/net/shorewall6-lite/files/hostname b/net/shorewall6-lite/files/hostname
index 42e1643711..db08bac8c3 100644
--- a/net/shorewall6-lite/files/hostname
+++ b/net/shorewall6-lite/files/hostname
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-cat /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
+uci get system.@system[0].hostname
diff --git a/net/shorewall6-lite/files/hotplug_iface b/net/shorewall6-lite/files/hotplug_iface
index 40b8a0d594..bb8973b7bf 100644
--- a/net/shorewall6-lite/files/hotplug_iface
+++ b/net/shorewall6-lite/files/hotplug_iface
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# should restart shorewall6-lite when an interface comes up
+# should restart shorewall when an interface comes up
 
-[ ifup = "$ACTION" ] && {
+case "$ACTION" in
+    ifup)
         /etc/init.d/shorewall6-lite restart
-}
-
-[ ifdown = "$ACTION" ] && {
+        ;;
+    ifdown)
         # might need to restore some routing
         /etc/init.d/shorewall6-lite restart
-}
+        ;;
+esac
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/net/shorewall6-lite/files/shorewall6-lite.init b/net/shorewall6-lite/files/shorewall6-lite.init
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2ab8cec19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/shorewall6-lite/files/shorewall6-lite.init
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
+
+USE_PROCD=1
+START=50
+
+load_params () {
+    . /usr/share/shorewall/shorewallrc
+}
+
+start_service() {
+    load_params
+    
+    ${SBINDIR}/shorewall -6l $OPTIONS start $STARTOPTIONS
+}
+
+stop_service() {
+    load_params
+    
+    ${SBINDIR}/shorewall -6l $OPTIONS stop $STOPOPTIONS
+}
+
+restart_service() {
+    load_params
+    
+    ${SBINDIR}/shorewall -6l $OPTIONS restart $RESTARTOPTIONS
+}
+
+reload_service() {
+    load_params
+    
+    ${SBINDIR}/shorewall -6l $OPTIONS reload $RESTARTOPTIONS
+}
diff --git a/net/shorewall6-lite/patches/010-install_cp.patch b/net/shorewall6-lite/patches/010-install_cp.patch
index 44f63e3050..2be37014be 100644
--- a/net/shorewall6-lite/patches/010-install_cp.patch
+++ b/net/shorewall6-lite/patches/010-install_cp.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-Index: shorewall6-lite-5.0.15.2/install.sh
+Index: shorewall6-lite-5.1.7.2/install.sh
 ===================================================================
---- shorewall6-lite-5.0.15.2.orig/install.sh	2016-12-20 18:41:05.000000000 +0100
-+++ shorewall6-lite-5.0.15.2/install.sh	2017-01-04 12:01:31.018724737 +0100
-@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
- 	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${SYSCONFDIR}
-     fi
+--- shorewall6-lite-5.1.7.2.orig/install.sh	2017-10-11 15:34:43.612217209 +0200
++++ shorewall6-lite-5.1.7.2/install.sh	2017-10-11 15:34:43.608217428 +0200
+@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
+ if [ -n "$SYSCONFFILE" -a -f "$SYSCONFFILE" -a ! -f ${DESTDIR}${SYSCONFDIR}/${PRODUCT} ]; then
+     [ ${DESTDIR} ] && make_parent_directory ${DESTDIR}${SYSCONFDIR} 0755
  
 -    install_file ${SYSCONFFILE} ${DESTDIR}${SYSCONFDIR}/${PRODUCT} 0640
 +    install_file ${SYSCONFFILE} ${DESTDIR}${SYSCONFDIR}/${PRODUCT}/${SYSCONFFILE} 0640
diff --git a/net/shorewall6-lite/patches/120-LOGFILE.patch b/net/shorewall6-lite/patches/120-LOGFILE.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 554f7cec6f..0000000000
--- a/net/shorewall6-lite/patches/120-LOGFILE.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/shorewall6-lite.conf 2012-08-08 16:29:23.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/shorewall6-lite.conf 2012-08-13 11:11:11.687938395 +0200
-@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
- #                              L O G G I N G
- ###############################################################################
- 
--LOGFILE=
-+LOGFILE=/dev/null
- 
- ###############################################################################
- #       L O C A T I O N   O F   F I L E S   A N D   D I R E C T O R I E S
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/net/shorewall6-lite/patches/120-logfile.patch b/net/shorewall6-lite/patches/120-logfile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..143d583971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/shorewall6-lite/patches/120-logfile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: shorewall6-lite-5.1.7.2/shorewall6-lite.conf
+===================================================================
+--- shorewall6-lite-5.1.7.2.orig/shorewall6-lite.conf	2017-10-11 15:36:41.037818015 +0200
++++ shorewall6-lite-5.1.7.2/shorewall6-lite.conf	2017-10-11 15:36:41.033818232 +0200
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+ #			       L O G G I N G
+ ###############################################################################
+ 
+-LOGFILE=
++LOGFILE=/dev/null
+ 
+ ###############################################################################
+ #	L O C A T I O N	  O F	F I L E S   A N D   D I R E C T O R I E S