diff --git a/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh b/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh
index a9e6dbbe6..d5a1bc8be 100644
--- a/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh
+++ b/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,22 @@ elif [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ]; then
 	    ;;
     esac
 else
-    exit 0
+    #
+    # Assume RedHat/Fedora/CentOS/Foobar/...
+    #
+    IFACE="$1"
+    
+    case $0 in 
+	*ifup*)
+	    COMMAND=up
+	    ;;
+	*ifdown*)
+	    COMMAND=down
+	    ;;
+	*)
+	    exit 0
+	    ;;
+    esac
 fi
 
 for PRODUCT in $PRODUCTS; do
diff --git a/Shorewall-init/init.sh b/Shorewall-init/init.sh
index 73abfa818..2fadbd208 100755
--- a/Shorewall-init/init.sh
+++ b/Shorewall-init/init.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ shorewall_start () {
       vardir=/var/lib/$product
       [ -f /etc/$PRODUCT/vardir ] && . /etc/$PRODUCT/vardir 
       if [ -x ${vardir}/firewall ]; then
-	  ${vardir}/firewall close || notdone
+	  ${vardir}/firewall stop || notdone
       fi
   done
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-init/install.sh b/Shorewall-init/install.sh
index d5241e8e8..04efe5fa1 100755
--- a/Shorewall-init/install.sh
+++ b/Shorewall-init/install.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
 #
 DEBIAN=
 SUSE=
+REDHAT=
 
 case $(uname) in
     *)
@@ -156,9 +157,14 @@ elif [ -f /etc/slackware-version ] ; then
     DEST="/etc/rc.d"
     INIT="rc.firewall"
 elif [ -f /etc/arch-release ] ; then
-      DEST="/etc/rc.d"
-      INIT="shorewall-init"
-      ARCHLINUX=yes
+    DEST="/etc/rc.d"
+    INIT="shorewall-init"
+    ARCHLINUX=yes
+else
+    #
+    # Assume RedHat
+    #
+    REDHAT=Yes
 fi
 
 #
@@ -237,6 +243,13 @@ if [ -z "$PREFIX" ]; then
 	    if [ -n "$SUSE" ]; then
 		ln -sf /usr/share/shorewall-init/ifupdown /etc/sysconfig/network/if-up.d/shorewall
 		ln -sf /usr/share/shorewall-init/ifupdown /etc/sysconfig/network/if-down.d/shorewall
+	    elif [ -n "$REDHAT" ]; then
+		if [ -f /sbin/ifup-local -o -f /sbin/ifdown-local ]; then
+		    echo "WARNING: /sbin/ifup-local and/or /sbin/ifdown-local already exist; up/down events will not be handled"
+		else
+		    ln -s /usr/share/shorewall-init/ifupdown /sbin/ifup-local
+		    ln -s /usr/share/shorewall-init/ifupdown /sbin/ifdown-local
+		fi
 	    fi
 
 	    if [ -x /sbin/insserv -o -x /usr/sbin/insserv ]; then
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
index c9ac9b86b..1cdb1f256 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
@@ -1211,9 +1211,13 @@ sub verify_required_interfaces() {
 	}
     }
 
-     $interfaces = find_interfaces_by_option 'required';
+    $interfaces = find_interfaces_by_option 'required';
 
     if ( @$interfaces ) {
+	emit( 'case "$COMMAND" in' );
+	push_indent;
+	emit( 'start|restart|restore|refresh)' );
+	push_indent;
 	for my $interface (@$interfaces ) {
 	    my $physical = get_physical $interface;
 	    
@@ -1222,6 +1226,11 @@ sub verify_required_interfaces() {
 	    emit qq(fi\n);
 	}
 
+	emit( ';;' );
+	pop_indent;
+	pop_indent;
+	emit( 'esac' );
+
 	$returnvalue = 1;
     }