diff --git a/package/network/services/openvpn/Makefile b/package/network/services/openvpn/Makefile
index 3bd7ad8d1c..8126b3a7c7 100644
--- a/package/network/services/openvpn/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/openvpn/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=openvpn
 
 PKG_VERSION:=2.4.9
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=\
 	https://build.openvpn.net/downloads/releases/ \
diff --git a/package/network/services/openvpn/files/openvpn.init b/package/network/services/openvpn/files/openvpn.init
index a560b89ff2..a454eb4ba0 100644
--- a/package/network/services/openvpn/files/openvpn.init
+++ b/package/network/services/openvpn/files/openvpn.init
@@ -69,6 +69,40 @@ section_enabled() {
 	[ $enable -gt 0 ] || [ $enabled -gt 0 ]
 }
 
+openvpn_get_dev() {
+	local dev dev_type
+	local name="$1"
+	local conf="$2"
+
+	# Do override only for configurations with config_file
+	config_get config_file "$name" config
+	[ -n "$config_file" ] || return
+
+	# Check there is someething to override
+	config_get dev "$name" dev
+	config_get dev_type "$name" dev_type
+	[ -n "$dev" ] || return
+
+	# If there is a no dev_type, try to guess it
+	if [ -z "$dev_type" ]; then
+		. /lib/functions/openvpn.sh
+
+		local odev odev_type
+		get_openvpn_option "$conf" odev dev
+		get_openvpn_option "$conf" odev_type dev-type
+		[ -n "$odev_type" ] || odev_type="$odev"
+
+		case "$odev_type" in
+			tun*) dev_type="tun" ;;
+			tap*) dev_type="tap" ;;
+			*) return;;
+		esac
+	fi
+
+	# Return overrides
+	echo "--dev-type $dev_type --dev $dev"
+}
+
 openvpn_add_instance() {
 	local name="$1"
 	local dir="$2"
@@ -83,7 +117,8 @@ openvpn_add_instance() {
 		--config "$conf" \
 		--up "/usr/libexec/openvpn-hotplug up $name" \
 		--down "/usr/libexec/openvpn-hotplug down $name" \
-		--script-security "${security:-2}"
+		--script-security "${security:-2}" \
+		$(openvpn_get_dev "$name" "$conf")
 	procd_set_param file "$dir/$conf"
 	procd_set_param term_timeout 15
 	procd_set_param respawn