diff --git a/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/hardware b/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/hardware
index 9c974963ef..7f727eb595 100644
--- a/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/hardware
+++ b/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/hardware
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ set system.wifi_led.mode='link tx rx'
 set system.wifi_led.default='0'
 commit system
 __EOF
+
+# add mac address from U-Boot partition to lan and wan devices
+	MTD=`grep -e 'u-boot' /proc/mtd`
+	MTD=`echo ${MTD} | sed 's/[a-z]*\([0-9]*\):.*/\1/'`
+	[ -n "${MTD}" ] && {
+		MACADDR=`dd if=/dev/mtdblock${MTD} bs=1 skip=262048 count=6 2>/dev/null | hexdump -e '1/1 "%02x"'`
+		MACADDR2=$(( 0x${MACADDR} + 1))
+		MACADDR2=`printf "%012x" ${MACADDR2}`
+
+		MACADDR=`echo ${MACADDR} | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g' | sed 's/:$//'`
+		MACADDR2=`echo ${MACADDR2} | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g' | sed 's/:$//'`
+
+		uci set network.eth0.macaddr=${MACADDR}
+		uci set network.lan.macaddr=${MACADDR}
+		uci set network.wan.macaddr=${MACADDR2}
+		uci commit network
+	}
 }
 
 case "${hardware}" in