diff --git a/patches/openwrt/1001-iw-Re-Add-connect-feature.patch b/patches/openwrt/1001-iw-Re-Add-connect-feature.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4c4494912e6340bc8a648f4a50ef5cfe4979b05a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/openwrt/1001-iw-Re-Add-connect-feature.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 17926574ec61617dba4cc29f5dd6a138ca852062 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chris Fiege <chris@tinyhost.de>
+Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:56:22 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] iw: Re-Add connect-feature
+
+Signed-off-by: Chris Fiege <chris@tinyhost.de>
+---
+ package/network/utils/iw/patches/200-reduce_size.patch | 3 +--
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/package/network/utils/iw/patches/200-reduce_size.patch b/package/network/utils/iw/patches/200-reduce_size.patch
+index 3f92982..3ec0da3 100644
+--- a/package/network/utils/iw/patches/200-reduce_size.patch
++++ b/package/network/utils/iw/patches/200-reduce_size.patch
+@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
+  OBJS = iw.o genl.o event.o info.o phy.o \
+  	interface.o ibss.o station.o survey.o util.o ocb.o \
+  	mesh.o mpath.o mpp.o scan.o reg.o version.o \
+--	reason.o status.o connect.o link.o offch.o ps.o cqm.o \
++ 	reason.o status.o connect.o link.o offch.o ps.o cqm.o \
+ -	bitrate.o wowlan.o coalesce.o roc.o p2p.o vendor.o
+-+	reason.o status.o link.o offch.o ps.o cqm.o \
+ +	bitrate.o vendor.o
+  OBJS += sections.o
+  
+-- 
+2.7.4
+