diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/install b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/install
index 41505dba3a..5ea76c12f3 100755
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/install
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/install
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
 . config/options
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
-
-cp $PKG_BUILD/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant $INSTALL/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/url b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/url
index f2c581a140..6c7c4a6ca3 100644
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/url
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/url
@@ -1 +1 @@
-http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/wpa_supplicant-0.6.9.tar.gz
+http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/wpa_supplicant-0.7.1.tar.gz