diff --git a/pppd/main.c b/pppd/main.c
index b638e6ba..b4b58f83 100644
--- a/pppd/main.c
+++ b/pppd/main.c
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ static void holdoff_end(void *);
 static void forget_child(int pid, int status);
 static int reap_kids(void);
 static void childwait_end(void *);
+static void main_script(char* script, int wait);
 
 #ifdef PPP_WITH_TDB
 static void update_db_entry(void);
@@ -739,6 +740,7 @@ set_ifunit(int iskey)
     else
 	slprintf(ifname, sizeof(ifname), "%s%d", PPP_DRV_NAME, ifunit);
     info("Using interface %s", ifname);
+    main_script(PPP_PATH_NET_INIT, 1);
     script_setenv("IFNAME", ifname, iskey);
     slprintf(ifkey, sizeof(ifkey), "%d", ifunit);
     script_setenv("UNIT", ifkey, iskey);
@@ -748,6 +750,26 @@ set_ifunit(int iskey)
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * net-* scripts to be run come through here.
+ */
+static void main_script(char* script, int wait)
+{
+    char strspeed[32];
+    char *argv[6];
+
+    slprintf(strspeed, sizeof(strspeed), "%d", baud_rate);
+
+    argv[0] = script;
+    argv[1] = ifname;
+    argv[2] = devnam;
+    argv[3] = strspeed;
+    argv[4] = ipparam;
+    argv[5] = NULL;
+
+    run_program(script, argv, 0, NULL, NULL, wait);
+}
+
 /*
  * set_ifup - called in order to set the ppp interface to up, if not already
  * brought up.
@@ -761,8 +783,11 @@ set_ifup(const char* name)
     int i;
     const char** t;
 
-    if (!up_protos && !netif_set_up())
-	return 0;
+    if (!up_protos) {
+	main_script(PPP_PATH_NET_PREUP, 1);
+	if (!netif_set_up())
+	    return 0;
+    }
 
     i = 0;
     while (up_protos && up_protos[i]) {
@@ -822,6 +847,8 @@ set_ifdown(const char* name)
     free(up_protos);
     up_protos = NULL;
 
+    main_script(PPP_PATH_NET_DOWN, 0);
+
     return netif_set_down();
 }
 
diff --git a/pppd/pathnames.h b/pppd/pathnames.h
index de2fb688..fb2c8c88 100644
--- a/pppd/pathnames.h
+++ b/pppd/pathnames.h
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@
 #define PPP_PATH_TTYOPT         PPP_PATH_CONFDIR "/options."
 #define PPP_PATH_PEERFILES      PPP_PATH_CONFDIR "/peers/"
 #define PPP_PATH_RESOLV         PPP_PATH_CONFDIR "/resolv.conf"
+#define PPP_PATH_NET_INIT	PPP_PATH_CONFDIR "/net-init"
+#define PPP_PATH_NET_PREUP	PPP_PATH_CONFDIR "/net-pre-up"
+#define PPP_PATH_NET_DOWN	PPP_PATH_CONFDIR "/net-down"
 
 #define PPP_PATH_CONNERRS       PPP_PATH_VARLOG  "/connect-errors"