diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/osmo_msc_data.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/osmo_msc_data.h
index 55b0a0f..6f437b7 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/osmo_msc_data.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/osmo_msc_data.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 	/* rf ctl related bits */
 	char *mid_call_txt;
 	int mid_call_timeout;
+	char *rf_ctrl_name;
 	struct osmo_bsc_rf *rf_ctl;
 
 	/* ussd welcome text */
diff --git a/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_main.c b/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_main.c
index 1937d3b..872b9f1 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_main.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* (C) 2008-2009 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
- * (C) 2009-2010 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
- * (C) 2009-2010 by On-Waves
+ * (C) 2009-2011 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
+ * (C) 2009-2011 by On-Waves
  * All Rights Reserved
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+	struct osmo_msc_data *data;
 	int rc;
 
 	log_init(&log_info);
@@ -215,9 +216,13 @@
 	}
 	bsc_api_init(bsc_gsmnet, osmo_bsc_api());
 
-	if (rf_ctl) {
-		struct osmo_msc_data *data = bsc_gsmnet->msc_data;
-		data->rf_ctl = osmo_bsc_rf_create(rf_ctl, bsc_gsmnet);
+	data = bsc_gsmnet->msc_data;
+	if (rf_ctl)
+		bsc_replace_string(data, &data->rf_ctrl_name, rf_ctl);
+
+	if (data->rf_ctrl_name) {
+		data->rf_ctl = osmo_bsc_rf_create(data->rf_ctrl_name,
+						  bsc_gsmnet);
 		if (!data->rf_ctl) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create the RF service.\n");
 			exit(1);
diff --git a/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_vty.c b/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_vty.c
index 71e6db0..1fb1d64 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_vty.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc/osmo_bsc_vty.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Osmo BSC VTY Configuration */
-/* (C) 2009-2010 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther
+/* (C) 2009-2011 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther
  * (C) 2009-2010 by On-Waves
  * All Rights Reserved
  *
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
 	vty_out(vty, " mid-call-timeout %d%s", data->mid_call_timeout, VTY_NEWLINE);
 	if (data->ussd_welcome_txt)
 		vty_out(vty, " bsc-welcome-text %s%s", data->ussd_welcome_txt, VTY_NEWLINE);
+	if (data->rf_ctrl_name)
+		vty_out(vty, " bsc-rf-socket %s%s",
+			data->rf_ctrl_name, VTY_NEWLINE);
 
 	if (data->audio_length != 0) {
 		int i;
@@ -288,6 +291,17 @@
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+DEFUN(cfg_net_rf_socket,
+      cfg_net_rf_socket_cmd,
+      "bsc-rf-socket PATH",
+      "Set the filename for the RF control interface.\n" "RF Control path\n")
+{
+	struct osmo_msc_data *data = osmo_msc_data(vty);
+
+	bsc_replace_string(data, &data->rf_ctrl_name, argv[0]);
+	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 int bsc_vty_init_extra(void)
 {
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &cfg_net_msc_cmd);
@@ -306,6 +320,7 @@
 	install_element(MSC_NODE, &cfg_net_msc_mid_call_text_cmd);
 	install_element(MSC_NODE, &cfg_net_msc_mid_call_timeout_cmd);
 	install_element(MSC_NODE, &cfg_net_msc_welcome_ussd_cmd);
+	install_element(MSC_NODE, &cfg_net_rf_socket_cmd);
 
 	return 0;
 }