diff --git a/srcpkgs/hostapd/patches b/srcpkgs/hostapd/patches
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..1ce5c58efb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/hostapd/patches
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../wpa_supplicant/patches
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hostapd/template b/srcpkgs/hostapd/template
index 58f1b09a598..383f46e4d5a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hostapd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hostapd/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'hostapd'
 pkgname=hostapd
-version=2.4
-revision=6
+version=2.5
+revision=1
 build_wrksrc=${pkgname}
 conf_files="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://w1.fi/hostapd/"
 distfiles="http://w1.fi/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=6fe0eb6bd1c9cbd24952ece8586b6f7bd14ab358edfda99794e79b9b9dbd657f
+checksum=8e272d954dc0d7026c264b79b15389ec2b2c555b32970de39f506b9f463ec74a
 
 do_configure() {
 	cp -f ${FILESDIR}/config .config