diff --git a/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_main.c b/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_main.c
index 42c74cc..6deed30 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_main.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_main.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 extern const char *openbsc_copyright;
 static int daemonize = 0;
 
+extern void controlif_setup(struct gsm_network *gsmnet, uint16_t port);
+
 static void print_usage()
 {
 	printf("Usage: osmo-bsc\n");
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@
 	}
 	bsc_api_init(bsc_gsmnet, osmo_bsc_api());
 
+	controlif_setup(bsc_gsmnet, 4249);
+
 	data = bsc_gsmnet->msc_data;
 	if (rf_ctl)
 		bsc_replace_string(data, &data->rf_ctrl_name, rf_ctl);