diff --git a/ieee1905/files/etc/init.d/ieee1905 b/ieee1905/files/etc/init.d/ieee1905
index 22b14dadd..8d643c664 100755
--- a/ieee1905/files/etc/init.d/ieee1905
+++ b/ieee1905/files/etc/init.d/ieee1905
@@ -5,7 +5,82 @@ STOP=21
 
 USE_PROCD=1
 
+IS_CFG_VALID=1
+
+validate_ieee1905_section() {
+	uci_validate_section ieee1905 ieee1905 "ieee1905" \
+			'enabled:bool:true' \
+			'macaddress:or("auto",macaddr)' \
+			'registrar:string' \
+			'extension:bool:false' \
+			'extmodule:list(string)' \
+
+	[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && {
+		logger -s -t "ieee1905" "Validation of ieee1905 section failed"
+		IS_CFG_VALID=0
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+validate_ali_section() {
+	local section="$1"
+
+	uci_validate_section ieee1905 $section "${1}" \
+			'ifname:string' \
+			'type:or("bridge",string)'
+
+	[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && {
+		logger -s -t "ieee1905" "Validation of al-iface section $section failed"
+		IS_CFG_VALID=0
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+validate_ap_section() {
+	local section="$1"
+
+	uci_validate_section ieee1905 $section "${1}" \
+			'band:or("2", "5", "60")' \
+			'ssid:string' \
+			'encryption:or("psk2", "sae-mixed", "sae", string)' \
+			'key:string' \
+			'uuid:string' \
+			'manufacturer:string' \
+			'model_name:string' \
+			'device_name:string' \
+			'model_number:string' \
+			'serial_number:string' \
+			'device_type:string' \
+			'os_version:uinteger'
+
+	[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && {
+		logger -s -t "ieee1905" "Validation of ap section $section failed"
+		IS_CFG_VALID=0
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+validate_ieee1905_config() {
+	IS_CFG_VALID=1
+
+	validate_ieee1905_section &&
+		config_foreach validate_ali_section "al-iface" &&
+		config_foreach validate_ap_section ap
+
+	[ "$IS_CFG_VALID" -ne 1 ] && {
+		logger -s -t "ieee1905" "Validation of ieee1905 UCI file failed"
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 start_service() {
+	config_load "ieee1905"
+	validate_ieee1905_config || return 1;
+
 	procd_open_instance
         procd_set_param command "/usr/sbin/ieee1905d"
 	procd_set_param respawn