diff --git a/package/swconfig/Makefile b/package/swconfig/Makefile
index e18f556505..5959ef4c8c 100644
--- a/package/swconfig/Makefile
+++ b/package/swconfig/Makefile
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ define Build/Compile
 endef
 
 define Package/swconfig/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/bin
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/bin $(1)/lib/network
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/swconfig $(1)/bin/swconfig
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/switch.sh $(1)/lib/network/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,swconfig))
diff --git a/package/swconfig/files/switch.sh b/package/swconfig/files/switch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d752b1383d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/swconfig/files/switch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2009 OpenWrt.org
+
+setup_switch_dev() {
+	swconfig dev "$1" load network
+}
+
+setup_switch() {
+	config_load network
+	config_foreach setup_switch_dev switch
+}