diff --git a/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh b/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh
index 8d832bf56..1f243e198 100644
--- a/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh
+++ b/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ for PRODUCT in $PRODUCTS; do
     VARDIR=/var/lib/$PRODUCT
     [ -f /etc/$PRODUCT/vardir ] && . /etc/$PRODUCT/vardir
     if [ -x $VARDIR/firewall ]; then
-	$VARDIR/firewall -V0 $COMMAND $IFACE
+	/sbin/$PRODUCT -v0 $COMMAND $IFACE
     fi
 done
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite b/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite
index df190fe97..9f017b5be 100755
--- a/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite
+++ b/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite
@@ -635,6 +635,11 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
 	run_it $g_firewall $debugging $COMMAND
 	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_off
 	;;
+    up|down)
+	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_on
+	run_it $g_firewall $debugging $COMMAND
+	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_off
+	;;
     reset)
 	verify_firewall_script
 	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_on
diff --git a/Shorewall/shorewall b/Shorewall/shorewall
index 7485d5e94..0eb0bd915 100755
--- a/Shorewall/shorewall
+++ b/Shorewall/shorewall
@@ -1635,6 +1635,12 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
 	run_it $g_firewall $g_debugging $COMMAND
 	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_off
 	;;
+    up|down)
+	[ -x $g_firewall ] || fatal_error "Shorewall has never been started"
+	mutex_on
+	run_it $g_firewall $g_debugging $nolock $@
+	mutex_off
+	;;	
     reset)
 	get_config
 	shift
diff --git a/Shorewall6-lite/shorewall6-lite b/Shorewall6-lite/shorewall6-lite
index ba7ca2da9..951b6867c 100755
--- a/Shorewall6-lite/shorewall6-lite
+++ b/Shorewall6-lite/shorewall6-lite
@@ -619,6 +619,11 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
 	run_it $g_firewall $debugging $COMMAND
 	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_off
 	;;
+    up|down)
+	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_on
+	run_it $g_firewall $debugging $@
+	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_off
+	;;
     restart)
 	shift
 	restart_command $@
diff --git a/Shorewall6/shorewall6 b/Shorewall6/shorewall6
index ab32081f1..fb2e55193 100755
--- a/Shorewall6/shorewall6
+++ b/Shorewall6/shorewall6
@@ -1548,6 +1548,11 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
 	run_it $g_firewall $g_debugging $COMMAND
 	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_off
 	;;
+    up|down)
+	mutex_on
+	run_it $g_firewall $g_debugging $nolock $@
+	mutex_off
+	;;
     reset)
 	get_config
 	shift