diff --git a/package/netifd/files/sbin/devstatus b/package/netifd/files/sbin/devstatus
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3c35b26a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/netifd/files/sbin/devstatus
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+. /usr/share/libubox/jshn.sh
+DEVICE="$1"
+
+[ -n "$DEVICE" ] || {
+	echo "Usage: $0 <device>"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+json_init
+json_add_string name "$DEVICE"
+ubus call network.device status "$(json_dump)"
diff --git a/package/netifd/files/sbin/ifstatus b/package/netifd/files/sbin/ifstatus
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..511cc1d8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/netifd/files/sbin/ifstatus
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+INTERFACE="$1"
+
+[ -n "$INTERFACE" ] || {
+	echo "Usage: $0 <interface>"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+ubus -S list "network.interface.$INTERFACE" >/dev/null || {
+	echo "Interface $INTERFACE not found"
+	exit 1
+}
+ubus call network.interface."$INTERFACE" status