diff --git a/batman-adv/Makefile b/batman-adv/Makefile
index 5813b05..c44324f 100644
--- a/batman-adv/Makefile
+++ b/batman-adv/Makefile
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=batman-adv
-PKG_VERSION:=2020.2
+PKG_VERSION:=2020.3
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=a73f5ce72c6efa9dd7bd7cc8daa667d0982e12e40811c978bb652607bb5666a3
+PKG_HASH:=65516dca919ea5be58d141c78bd1f0a94a02a784c5c85fb4e8f27f4226803f73
 PKG_EXTMOD_SUBDIRS:=net/batman-adv
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
diff --git a/batman-adv/files/lib/netifd/proto/batadv_hardif.sh b/batman-adv/files/lib/netifd/proto/batadv_hardif.sh
index 6eb597f..b2f87dd 100755
--- a/batman-adv/files/lib/netifd/proto/batadv_hardif.sh
+++ b/batman-adv/files/lib/netifd/proto/batadv_hardif.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 proto_batadv_hardif_init_config() {
 	proto_config_add_int 'elp_interval'
+	proto_config_add_int 'hop_penalty'
 	proto_config_add_string "master"
 	proto_config_add_string 'throughput_override'
 }
@@ -17,10 +18,12 @@ proto_batadv_hardif_setup() {
 	local iface="$2"
 
 	local elp_interval
+	local hop_penalty
 	local master
 	local throughput_override
 
 	json_get_vars elp_interval
+	json_get_vars hop_penalty
 	json_get_vars master
 	json_get_vars throughput_override
 
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ proto_batadv_hardif_setup() {
 	batctl meshif "$master" interface -M add "$iface"
 
 	[ -n "$elp_interval" ] && batctl hardif "$iface" elp_interval "$elp_interval"
+	[ -n "$hop_penalty" ] && batctl hardif "$iface" hop_penalty "$hop_penalty"
 	[ -n "$throughput_override" ] && batctl hardif "$iface" throughput_override "$throughput_override"
 
 	proto_init_update "$iface" 1