diff --git a/hostapd/main.c b/hostapd/main.c
index 62d0775..72b1d91 100644
--- a/hostapd/main.c
+++ b/hostapd/main.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "ap/hostapd.h"
 #include "ap/ap_config.h"
 #include "ap/ap_drv_ops.h"
+#include "fst/fst.h"
 #include "config_file.h"
 #include "eap_register.h"
 #include "ctrl_iface.h"
@@ -455,6 +456,7 @@
 		"   -T = record to Linux tracing in addition to logging\n"
 		"        (records all messages regardless of debug verbosity)\n"
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_LINUX_TRACING */
+		"   -S   start all the interfaces synchronously\n"
 		"   -t   include timestamps in some debug messages\n"
 		"   -v   show hostapd version\n");
 
@@ -533,6 +535,28 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_WPS */
 
 
+#ifndef HOSTAPD_CLEANUP_INTERVAL
+#define HOSTAPD_CLEANUP_INTERVAL 10
+#endif /* HOSTAPD_CLEANUP_INTERVAL */
+
+static int hostapd_periodic_call(struct hostapd_iface *iface, void *ctx)
+{
+	hostapd_periodic_iface(iface);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/* Periodic cleanup tasks */
+static void hostapd_periodic(void *eloop_ctx, void *timeout_ctx)
+{
+	struct hapd_interfaces *interfaces = eloop_ctx;
+
+	eloop_register_timeout(HOSTAPD_CLEANUP_INTERVAL, 0,
+			       hostapd_periodic, interfaces, NULL);
+	hostapd_for_each_interface(interfaces, hostapd_periodic_call, NULL);
+}
+
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct hapd_interfaces interfaces;
@@ -547,6 +571,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LINUX_TRACING
 	int enable_trace_dbg = 0;
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_LINUX_TRACING */
+	int start_ifaces_in_sync = 0;
 
 	if (os_program_init())
 		return -1;
@@ -564,7 +589,7 @@
 	interfaces.global_ctrl_dst = NULL;
 
 	for (;;) {
-		c = getopt(argc, argv, "b:Bde:f:hKP:Ttu:vg:G:");
+		c = getopt(argc, argv, "b:Bde:f:hKP:STtu:vg:G:");
 		if (c < 0)
 			break;
 		switch (c) {
@@ -621,6 +646,9 @@
 			bss_config = tmp_bss;
 			bss_config[num_bss_configs++] = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'S':
+			start_ifaces_in_sync = 1;
+			break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_WPS
 		case 'u':
 			return gen_uuid(optarg);
@@ -666,6 +694,20 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	eloop_register_timeout(HOSTAPD_CLEANUP_INTERVAL, 0,
+			       hostapd_periodic, &interfaces, NULL);
+
+	if (fst_global_init()) {
+		wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR,
+			   "Failed to initialize global FST context");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_FST) && defined(CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE)
+	if (!fst_global_add_ctrl(fst_ctrl_cli))
+		wpa_printf(MSG_WARNING, "Failed to add CLI FST ctrl");
+#endif /* CONFIG_FST && CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE */
+
 	/* Allocate and parse configuration for full interface files */
 	for (i = 0; i < interfaces.count; i++) {
 		interfaces.iface[i] = hostapd_interface_init(&interfaces,
@@ -675,6 +717,8 @@
 			wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "Failed to initialize interface");
 			goto out;
 		}
+		if (start_ifaces_in_sync)
+			interfaces.iface[i]->need_to_start_in_sync = 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Allocate and parse configuration for per-BSS files */
@@ -750,6 +794,7 @@
 	}
 	os_free(interfaces.iface);
 
+	eloop_cancel_timeout(hostapd_periodic, &interfaces, NULL);
 	hostapd_global_deinit(pid_file);
 	os_free(pid_file);
 
@@ -759,6 +804,8 @@
 
 	os_free(bss_config);
 
+	fst_global_deinit();
+
 	os_program_deinit();
 
 	return ret;