diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/50-wpa_supplicant.preset b/package/wpa_supplicant/50-wpa_supplicant.preset
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9af8562c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/50-wpa_supplicant.preset
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+disable wpa_supplicant@.service
+disable wpa_supplicant-nl80211@.service
+disable wpa_supplicant-wired@.service
+
diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
index 9dcebca9bf..4f95ea6276 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ define WPA_SUPPLICANT_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant-nl80211@.service
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUBDIR)/systemd/wpa_supplicant-wired@.service \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant-wired@.service
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 $(WPA_SUPPLICANT_PKGDIR)/50-wpa_supplicant.preset \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/50-wpa_supplicant.preset
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))