diff --git a/package/network/config/firewall3/Makefile b/package/network/config/firewall3/Makefile
index 063e554677a..5282613d659 100644
--- a/package/network/config/firewall3/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/config/firewall3/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=firewall3
-PKG_VERSION:=2013-02-17
+PKG_VERSION:=2013-02-21
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=git://nbd.name/firewall3.git
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=a32e331a11034403df2e26807df9195435b6fb8a
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=fe3ecee341da8542aa25b962dcb8bcc628fcdd1e
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org>
 
diff --git a/package/network/config/firewall3/files/firewall.init b/package/network/config/firewall3/files/firewall.init
index bddbadd880a..8c1dbd94caf 100755
--- a/package/network/config/firewall3/files/firewall.init
+++ b/package/network/config/firewall3/files/firewall.init
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ start() {
 stop() {
 	fw3 stop
 }
+
+restart() {
+	fw3 restart
+}