diff --git a/package/kernel/hostap-driver/Makefile b/package/kernel/hostap-driver/Makefile
index 6a95c1e1d8e..87c854c2039 100644
--- a/package/kernel/hostap-driver/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/hostap-driver/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endef
 define KernelPackage/hostap
 $(call KernelPackage/hostap/Default)
   TITLE:=Host AP support for Prism2/2.5/3
-  DEPENDS:=@PCI_SUPPORT||PCMCIA_SUPPORT +kmod-lib80211 +wireless-tools
+  DEPENDS:=@PCI_SUPPORT||PCMCIA_SUPPORT +kmod-lib80211 +wireless-tools +hostapd-common-old
   KCONFIG:=CONFIG_HOSTAP CONFIG_HOSTAP_FIRMWARE=y CONFIG_HOSTAP_FIRMWARE_NVRAM=y
   FILES:=$(LINUX_DIR)/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap.ko
   AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoProbe,hostap)
diff --git a/package/network/services/hostapd/Makefile b/package/network/services/hostapd/Makefile
index 05a74bb3b86..f00472ac53a 100644
--- a/package/network/services/hostapd/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/hostapd/Makefile
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ define Package/hostapd-common
   CATEGORY:=Network
 endef
 
+define Package/hostapd-common-old
+  TITLE:=hostapd/wpa_supplicant common support files (legacy drivers)
+  SECTION:=net
+  CATEGORY:=Network
+endef
+
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.config_*),$(subst .configured_,.config_,$(STAMP_CONFIGURED)))
   define Build/Configure/rebuild
 	$(FIND) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) -name \*.o -or -name \*.a | $(XARGS) rm -f
@@ -303,14 +309,10 @@ define Build/Compile
 endef
 
 define Install/hostapd
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/wifi
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/hostapd.sh $(1)/lib/wifi/hostapd.sh
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
 endef
 
 define Install/supplicant
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/wifi
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/wpa_supplicant.sh $(1)/lib/wifi/wpa_supplicant.sh
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
 endef
 
@@ -319,6 +321,12 @@ define Package/hostapd-common/install
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/netifd.sh $(1)/lib/netifd/hostapd.sh
 endef
 
+define Package/hostapd-common-old/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/wifi
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/hostapd.sh $(1)/lib/wifi/hostapd.sh
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/wpa_supplicant.sh $(1)/lib/wifi/wpa_supplicant.sh
+endef
+
 define Package/hostapd/install
 	$(call Install/hostapd,$(1))
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/hostapd/hostapd $(1)/usr/sbin/
@@ -366,3 +374,4 @@ $(eval $(call BuildPackage,wpa-supplicant-p2p))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,wpa-cli))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,hostapd-utils))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,hostapd-common))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,hostapd-common-old))