diff --git a/utils/uvol/Makefile b/utils/uvol/Makefile
index 64fb0238da..f470e51431 100644
--- a/utils/uvol/Makefile
+++ b/utils/uvol/Makefile
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ define Package/autopart/install
 endef
 
 define Package/uvol/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin $(1)/usr/libexec/uvol
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/uvol $(1)/usr/sbin
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d $(1)/usr/libexec/uvol $(1)/usr/sbin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/uvol.init $(1)/etc/init.d/uvol
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/ubi.sh $(1)/usr/libexec/uvol/20-ubi.sh
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/lvm.sh $(1)/usr/libexec/uvol/50-lvm.sh
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/uvol $(1)/usr/sbin
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,autopart))
diff --git a/utils/uvol/files/lvm.sh b/utils/uvol/files/lvm.sh
index 158ab1c83d..4a20f628d1 100644
--- a/utils/uvol/files/lvm.sh
+++ b/utils/uvol/files/lvm.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ lvm_cmd() {
 	local cmd="$1"
 	shift
 	LVM_SUPPRESS_FD_WARNINGS=1 lvm "$cmd" "$@"
+	return $?
 }
 
 pvs() {
@@ -109,19 +110,23 @@ exportvg() {
 	done
 }
 
+lv_active=
+lv_name=
 lv_full_name=
 lv_path=
 lv_dm_path=
 lv_size=
 exportlv() {
 	local reports rep lv lvs
+	lv_active=
+	lv_name=
 	lv_full_name=
 	lv_path=
 	lv_dm_path=
 	lv_size=
 	json_init
 
-	json_load "$(lvs -o lv_full_name,lv_size,lv_path,lv_dm_path -S "lv_name=~^[rw][ow]_$1\$ && vg_name=$vg_name")"
+	json_load "$(lvs -o lv_active,lv_name,lv_full_name,lv_size,lv_path,lv_dm_path -S "lv_name=~^[rw][owp]_$1\$ && vg_name=$vg_name")"
 	json_select report
 	json_get_keys reports
 	for rep in $reports; do
@@ -130,7 +135,7 @@ exportlv() {
 		json_get_keys lvs
 		for lv in $lvs; do
 			json_select "$lv"
-			json_get_vars lv_full_name lv_size lv_path lv_dm_path
+			json_get_vars lv_active lv_name lv_full_name lv_size lv_path lv_dm_path
 			lv_size=${lv_size%B}
 			json_select ..
 			break
@@ -153,12 +158,17 @@ getsize() {
 
 activatevol() {
 	exportlv "$1"
+	[ "$lv_path" ] || return 2
 	case "$lv_path" in
-		/dev/*/wo_*)
+		/dev/*/wo_*|\
+		/dev/*/wp_*)
 			return 22
 			;;
 		*)
-			lvm_cmd lvchange -a y "$lv_full_name"
+			[ "$lv_active" = "active" ] && return 0
+			lvm_cmd lvchange -a y "$lv_full_name" || return $?
+			lvm_cmd lvchange -k n "$lv_full_name" || return $?
+			ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"up\", \"mode\": \"${lv_name:0:2}\", \"device\": \"$lv_dm_path\"}"
 			return 0
 			;;
 	esac
@@ -166,7 +176,20 @@ activatevol() {
 
 disactivatevol() {
 	exportlv "$1"
-	lvm_cmd lvchange -a n "$lv_full_name"
+	[ "$lv_path" ] || return 2
+	case "$lv_path" in
+		/dev/*/wo_*|\
+		/dev/*/wp_*)
+			return 22
+			;;
+		*)
+			[ "$lv_active" = "active" ] || return 0
+			lvm_cmd lvchange -a n "$lv_full_name" || return $?
+			lvm_cmd lvchange -k y "$lv_full_name" || return $?
+			ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"down\", \"mode\": \"${lv_name:0:2}\", \"device\": \"$lv_dm_path\"}"
+			return 0
+			;;
+	esac
 }
 
 getstatus() {
@@ -192,14 +215,14 @@ createvol() {
 			;;
 		rw)
 			lvmode=rw
-			mode=rw
+			mode=wp
 			;;
 		*)
 			return 22
 			;;
 	esac
 
-	lvm_cmd lvcreate -p $lvmode -a n -y -W n -Z n -n "${mode}_${1}" -l "$size_ext" $vg_name
+	lvm_cmd lvcreate -p $lvmode -a n -y -W n -Z n -n "${mode}_$1" -l "$size_ext" $vg_name
 	ret=$?
 	if [ ! $ret -eq 0 ] || [ "$lvmode" = "r" ]; then
 		return $ret
@@ -212,6 +235,9 @@ createvol() {
 	else
 		mke2fs -F -L "$1" "$lv_path" || return 1
 	fi
+	lvm_cmd lvrename "$vg_name" "wp_$1" "rw_$1"
+	exportlv "$1"
+	ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"up\", \"mode\": \"${lv_name:0:2}\", \"device\": \"$lv_dm_path\"}"
 	return 0
 }
 
@@ -219,6 +245,7 @@ removevol() {
 	exportlv "$1"
 	[ "$lv_full_name" ] || return 2
 	lvm_cmd lvremove -y "$lv_full_name"
+	ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"down\", \"mode\": \"${lv_name:0:2}\", \"device\": \"$lv_dm_path\"}"
 }
 
 updatevol() {
@@ -231,6 +258,7 @@ updatevol() {
 			dd of=$lv_path
 			lvm_cmd lvchange -p r "$lv_full_name"
 			lvm_cmd lvrename "$lv_full_name" "${lv_full_name%%/*}/ro_$1"
+			ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"up\", \"mode\": \"ro\", \"device\": \"$(getdev "$@")\"}"
 			return 0
 			;;
 		default)
@@ -264,6 +292,29 @@ listvols() {
 	done
 }
 
+boot() {
+	local reports rep lv lvs lv_name lv_dm_path lv_mode volname
+	json_init
+	json_load "$(lvs -o lv_name,lv_dm_path -S "lv_name=~^[rw][ow]_.*\$ && vg_name=$vg_name && lv_active=active")"
+	json_select report
+	json_get_keys reports
+	for rep in $reports; do
+		json_select "$rep"
+		json_select lv
+		json_get_keys lvs
+		for lv in $lvs; do
+			json_select "$lv"
+			json_get_vars lv_name lv_dm_path
+			lv_mode="${lv_name:0:2}"
+			lv_name="${lv_name:3}"
+			ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$lv_name\", \"action\": \"up\", \"mode\": \"$lv_mode\", \"device\": \"$lv_dm_path\"}"
+			json_select ..
+		done
+		json_select ..
+		break
+	done
+}
+
 exportpv
 exportvg
 
@@ -277,6 +328,9 @@ case "$cmd" in
 	total)
 		totalbytes
 		;;
+	boot)
+		boot
+		;;
 	list)
 		listvols "$@"
 		;;
diff --git a/utils/uvol/files/ubi.sh b/utils/uvol/files/ubi.sh
index 7851a98df4..0a1b73093c 100644
--- a/utils/uvol/files/ubi.sh
+++ b/utils/uvol/files/ubi.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,15 @@ getdev() {
 	local voldir volname devname
 	for voldir in /sys/devices/virtual/ubi/${ubidev}/${ubidev}_*; do
 		read volname < "${voldir}/name"
-		[ "$volname" = "uvol-ro-$1" ] || [ "$volname" = "uvol-wp-$1" ] || [ "$volname" = "uvol-rw-$1" ] || [ "$volname" = "uvol-wo-$1" ] || continue
-		basename "$voldir"
+		case "$volname" in
+			uvol-[rw][owpd]-$1)
+				basename "$voldir"
+				break
+				;;
+			*)
+				continue
+				;;
+		esac
 	done
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +58,9 @@ vol_is_mode() {
 getstatus() {
 	local voldev=$(getdev "$@")
 	[ "$voldev" ] || return 2
-	vol_is_mode $voldev wo && return 1
+	vol_is_mode $voldev wo && return 22
+	vol_is_mode $voldev wp && return 16
+	vol_is_mode $voldev wd && return 1
 	vol_is_mode $voldev ro && [ ! -e "/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}" ] && return 1
 	return 0
 }
@@ -73,10 +82,17 @@ getuserdev() {
 	fi
 }
 
+mkubifs() {
+	local tmp_mp=$(mktemp -d)
+	mount -t ubifs $1 $tmp_mp
+	umount $tmp_mp
+	rmdir $tmp_mp
+}
+
 createvol() {
 	local mode ret
-	local existdev=$(getdev "$@")
-	[ "$existdev" ] && return 17
+	local voldev=$(getdev "$@")
+	[ "$voldev" ] && return 17
 	case "$3" in
 		ro|wo)
 			mode=wo
@@ -91,37 +107,61 @@ createvol() {
 	ubimkvol /dev/$ubidev -N "uvol-$mode-$1" -s "$2"
 	ret=$?
 	[ $ret -eq 0 ] || return $ret
-	ubiupdatevol -t /dev/$(getdev "$@")
+	voldev=$(getdev "$@")
+	ubiupdatevol -t /dev/$voldev
 	[ "$mode" = "wp" ] || return 0
-	local tmp_mp=$(mktemp -d)
-	mount -t ubifs /dev/$(getdev "$@") $tmp_mp
-	umount $tmp_mp
-	rmdir $tmp_mp
+	mkubifs /dev/$voldev
 	ubirename /dev/$ubidev uvol-wp-$1 uvol-rw-$1
+	ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"up\", \"mode\": \"rw\", \"fstype\": \"ubifs\", \"device\": \"/dev/$voldev\"}"
 }
 
 removevol() {
 	local voldev=$(getdev "$@")
+	local evdata
 	[ "$voldev" ] || return 2
 	local volnum=${voldev#${ubidev}_}
-	ubirmvol /dev/$ubidev -n $volnum
+	if vol_is_mode $voldev rw ; then
+		evdata="{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"down\", \"device\": \"/dev/$voldev\"}"
+	elif vol_is_mode $voldev ro ; then
+		evdata="{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"down\", \"device\": \"/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}\"}"
+	fi
+	ubirmvol /dev/$ubidev -n $volnum || return $?
+	ubus send block.volume "$evdata"
 }
 
 activatevol() {
 	local voldev=$(getdev "$@")
 	[ "$voldev" ] || return 2
-	vol_is_mode $voldev wo || return 1
-	vol_is_mode $voldev ro || return 0
-	[ -e "/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}" ] && return 0
-	ubiblock --create /dev/$voldev
+	vol_is_mode $voldev rw && return 0
+	vol_is_mode $voldev wo && return 22
+	vol_is_mode $voldev wp && return 16
+	if vol_is_mode $voldev ro; then
+		[ -e "/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}" ] && return 0
+		ubiblock --create /dev/$voldev
+		ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"up\", \"mode\": \"ro\", \"device\": \"/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}\"}"
+		return 0
+	elif vol_is_mode $voldev wd; then
+		ubirename /dev/$ubidev uvol-wd-$1 uvol-rw-$1
+		ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"up\", \"mode\": \"rw\", \"fstype\": \"ubifs\", \"device\": \"/dev/$voldev\"}"
+		return 0
+	fi
 }
 
 disactivatevol() {
 	local voldev=$(getdev "$@")
 	[ "$voldev" ] || return 2
-	vol_is_mode $voldev ro || return 0
-	[ -e "/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}" ] || return 0
-	ubiblock --remove /dev/$voldev
+	vol_is_mode $voldev wo && return 22
+	vol_is_mode $voldev wp && return 16
+	if vol_is_mode $voldev ro; then
+		[ -e "/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}" ] || return 0
+		ubiblock --remove /dev/$voldev || return $?
+		ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"down\", \"mode\": \"ro\", \"device\": \"/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}\"}"
+		return 0
+	elif vol_is_mode $voldev rw; then
+		ubirename /dev/$ubidev uvol-rw-$1 uvol-wd-$1 || return $?
+		ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"down\", \"mode\": \"rw\", \"device\": \"/dev/$voldev\"}"
+		return 0
+	fi
 }
 
 updatevol() {
@@ -131,6 +171,8 @@ updatevol() {
 	vol_is_mode $voldev wo || return 22
 	ubiupdatevol -s $2 /dev/$voldev -
 	ubirename /dev/$ubidev uvol-wo-$1 uvol-ro-$1
+	ubiblock --create /dev/$voldev
+	ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$1\", \"action\": \"up\", \"mode\": \"ro\", \"device\": \"/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}\"}"
 }
 
 listvols() {
@@ -138,7 +180,7 @@ listvols() {
 	for voldir in /sys/devices/virtual/ubi/${ubidev}/${ubidev}_*; do
 		read volname < $voldir/name
 		case "$volname" in
-			uvol-r[wo]*)
+			uvol-[rw][wod]*)
 				read volsize < $voldir/data_bytes
 				;;
 			*)
@@ -151,6 +193,31 @@ listvols() {
 	done
 }
 
+bootvols() {
+	local volname volmode volsize voldev fstype
+	for voldir in /sys/devices/virtual/ubi/${ubidev}/${ubidev}_*; do
+		read volname < $voldir/name
+		voldev=$(basename $voldir)
+		fstype=
+		case "$volname" in
+			uvol-ro-*)
+				voldev="/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}"
+				ubiblock --create /dev/$voldev
+				;;
+			uvol-rw-*)
+				voldev="/dev/$voldev"
+				fstype="ubifs"
+				;;
+			*)
+				continue
+				;;
+		esac
+		volmode=${volname:5:2}
+		volname=${volname:8}
+		ubus send block.volume "{\"name\": \"$volname\", \"action\": \"up\", \"mode\": \"$volmode\",${fstype:+ \"fstype\": \"$fstype\", }\"device\": \"$voldev\"}"
+	done
+}
+
 case "$cmd" in
 	align)
 		echo "$ebsize"
@@ -161,6 +228,9 @@ case "$cmd" in
 	total)
 		totalbytes
 		;;
+	boot)
+		bootvols
+		;;
 	list)
 		listvols "$@"
 		;;
diff --git a/utils/uvol/files/uvol b/utils/uvol/files/uvol
index 0fea88f38c..a095b3efff 100644
--- a/utils/uvol/files/uvol
+++ b/utils/uvol/files/uvol
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ uvol storage volume manager
 syntax: uvol command ...
 
 commands:
+  boot				get active volumes ready (called on boot)
   free				show number of bytes available
   total				show total number of bytes
   align				show sector size in bytes
diff --git a/utils/uvol/files/uvol.init b/utils/uvol/files/uvol.init
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c290d7323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/uvol/files/uvol.init
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
+
+START=99
+USE_PROCD=1
+NAME=uvol
+PROG=/usr/sbin/uvol
+
+start_service() {
+	[ "${__BOOT_UVOL}" = "1" ] || return 0
+	procd_open_instance "$NAME"
+	procd_set_param command "$PROG" boot
+	procd_close_instance
+}
+
+boot() {
+	__BOOT_UVOL=1
+	start
+}