diff --git a/package/gluon-autoupdater/files/usr/lib/autoupdater/abort.d/15start-dropbear b/package/gluon-autoupdater/files/usr/lib/autoupdater/abort.d/15start-dropbear
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..50155f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gluon-autoupdater/files/usr/lib/autoupdater/abort.d/15start-dropbear
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /lib/gluon/autoupdater/lib.sh
+
+start_enabled dropbear
diff --git a/package/gluon-autoupdater/files/usr/lib/autoupdater/upgrade.d/05stop-dropbear b/package/gluon-autoupdater/files/usr/lib/autoupdater/upgrade.d/05stop-dropbear
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..684008fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gluon-autoupdater/files/usr/lib/autoupdater/upgrade.d/05stop-dropbear
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /lib/gluon/autoupdater/lib.sh
+
+stop dropbear