diff --git a/package/network/services/hostapd/patches/463-add-mcast_rate-to-11s.patch b/package/network/services/hostapd/patches/463-add-mcast_rate-to-11s.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da146ba55e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/network/services/hostapd/patches/463-add-mcast_rate-to-11s.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+From: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@openmesh.com>
+Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 08:21:45 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] set mcast_rate in mesh mode
+
+The wpa_supplicant code for IBSS allows to set the mcast rate. It is
+recommended to increase this value from 1 or 6 Mbit/s to something higher
+when using a mesh protocol on top which uses the multicast packet loss as
+indicator for the link quality.
+
+This setting was unfortunately not applied for mesh mode. But it would be
+beneficial when wpa_supplicant would behave similar to IBSS mode and set
+this argument during mesh join like authsae already does. At least it is
+helpful for companies/projects which are currently switching to 802.11s
+(without mesh_fwding and with mesh_ttl set to 1) as replacement for IBSS
+because newer drivers seem to support 802.11s but not IBSS anymore.
+
+Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@openmesh.com>
+Tested-by: Simon Wunderlich <simon.wunderlich@openmesh.com>
+
+--- a/src/drivers/driver.h
++++ b/src/drivers/driver.h
+@@ -1426,6 +1426,7 @@ struct wpa_driver_mesh_join_params {
+ #define WPA_DRIVER_MESH_FLAG_SAE_AUTH	0x00000004
+ #define WPA_DRIVER_MESH_FLAG_AMPE	0x00000008
+ 	unsigned int flags;
++	int mcast_rate;
+ };
+ 
+ /**
+--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
++++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+@@ -8997,6 +8997,18 @@ static int nl80211_put_mesh_id(struct nl
+ }
+ 
+ 
++static int nl80211_put_mcast_rate(struct nl_msg *msg, int mcast_rate)
++{
++	if (mcast_rate > 0) {
++		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "  * mcast_rate=%.1f",
++			   (double)mcast_rate / 10);
++		return nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MCAST_RATE, mcast_rate);
++	}
++
++	return 0;
++}
++
++
+ static int nl80211_put_mesh_config(struct nl_msg *msg,
+ 				   struct wpa_driver_mesh_bss_params *params)
+ {
+@@ -9055,6 +9067,7 @@ static int nl80211_join_mesh(struct i802
+ 	    nl80211_put_basic_rates(msg, params->basic_rates) ||
+ 	    nl80211_put_mesh_id(msg, params->meshid, params->meshid_len) ||
+ 	    nl80211_put_beacon_int(msg, params->beacon_int) ||
++	    nl80211_put_mcast_rate(msg, params->mcast_rate) ||
+ 	    nl80211_put_dtim_period(msg, params->dtim_period))
+ 		goto fail;
+ 
+--- a/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c
++++ b/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c
+@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ int wpa_supplicant_join_mesh(struct wpa_
+ 	os_memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
+ 	params.meshid = ssid->ssid;
+ 	params.meshid_len = ssid->ssid_len;
++	params.mcast_rate = ssid->mcast_rate;
+ 	ibss_mesh_setup_freq(wpa_s, ssid, &params.freq);
+ 	wpa_s->mesh_ht_enabled = !!params.freq.ht_enabled;
+ 	wpa_s->mesh_vht_enabled = !!params.freq.vht_enabled;