diff --git a/mcastmngr/files/linux/lib/mcast/linux.sh b/mcastmngr/files/linux/lib/mcast/linux.sh
index 0a93dc141..57f4c5ecb 100755
--- a/mcastmngr/files/linux/lib/mcast/linux.sh
+++ b/mcastmngr/files/linux/lib/mcast/linux.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ config_mcproxy_interfaces() {
 	done
 }
 
+config_sysfs_mcast_snooping() {
+	local devsec=
+	local sectype=
+	local devtype=
+	local ports=
+
+	for downstream in $downstreams; do
+		devsec="$(uci show network | grep name=.*$downstream | cut -d'.' -f2)"
+		sectype="$(uci -q get network.$devsec)"
+		devtype="$(uci -q get network.$devsec.type)"
+		if [ "$sectype" == "device" -a "$devtype" == "bridge" ]; then
+			echo 1 > /sys/class/net/$downstream/bridge/multicast_snooping
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
 config_mcproxy_instance() {
 	local protocol="$1"
 	local version="$2"
@@ -124,6 +140,10 @@ config_mcproxy_instance() {
 		downstreams=$mld_p_down_interfaces
 	fi
 
+	# for snooping to work we should enable it on the bridge, doing it from
+	# here instead of from inside network config
+	config_sysfs_mcast_snooping
+
 	[ -n "$robustness" ] && echo -e "rv $robustness;" >> $CONFFILE
 	[ -n "$query_interval" ] && echo -e "qi $query_interval;" >> $CONFFILE
 	[ -n "$q_resp_interval" ] && echo -e "qri $q_resp_interval;" >> $CONFFILE