diff --git a/devices/hi3516ev300_ultimate_rostelecom-ipc8232swc-we/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S01leds b/devices/hi3516ev300_ultimate_rostelecom-ipc8232swc-we/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S01leds
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4d41f3fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devices/hi3516ev300_ultimate_rostelecom-ipc8232swc-we/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S01leds
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Early-boot LED state. The stock firmware's own hardware map names GPIO10 the
+# red "power" LED and GPIO25 the blue "net" LED, both active high. Light the
+# power LED as soon as init runs and keep the net LED off; S99leds lights the
+# net LED once the camera is up. led_disabled=1 keeps both dark from the start,
+# not only once S99leds runs. rcK stops this before S99leds, so leave the state
+# there.
+
+case "$1" in
+	start | "")
+		if [ "$(fw_printenv -n led_disabled 2>/dev/null)" = "1" ]; then
+			gpio clear 10; gpio clear 25
+		else
+			gpio set 10; gpio clear 25
+		fi
+		;;
+	stop)
+		;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/devices/hi3516ev300_ultimate_rostelecom-ipc8232swc-we/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S99leds b/devices/hi3516ev300_ultimate_rostelecom-ipc8232swc-we/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S99leds
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..103e14051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devices/hi3516ev300_ultimate_rostelecom-ipc8232swc-we/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S99leds
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Late-boot LED state: the red power LED stays on and the blue net LED comes on
+# once boot has reached its end (after networking), so a lit blue LED means the
+# camera is up. Both go off when led_disabled=1, as on other OpenIPC cameras,
+# and on shutdown.
+
+case "$1" in
+	start | "")
+		if [ "$(fw_printenv -n led_disabled 2>/dev/null)" = "1" ]; then
+			gpio clear 10; gpio clear 25
+		else
+			gpio set 10; gpio set 25
+		fi
+		;;
+	stop)
+		gpio clear 10; gpio clear 25
+		;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/devices/hi3516ev300_ultimate_rostelecom-ipc8232swc-we/general/overlay/usr/share/openipc/muxes.sh b/devices/hi3516ev300_ultimate_rostelecom-ipc8232swc-we/general/overlay/usr/share/openipc/muxes.sh
index 16cd04609..6839a3510 100644
--- a/devices/hi3516ev300_ultimate_rostelecom-ipc8232swc-we/general/overlay/usr/share/openipc/muxes.sh
+++ b/devices/hi3516ev300_ultimate_rostelecom-ipc8232swc-we/general/overlay/usr/share/openipc/muxes.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-### set leds power off ###
-gpio set 10
-gpio set 25
+# Status LEDs (red power GPIO10, blue net GPIO25) are driven by S01leds and
+# S99leds now, not here.
 
 ### sd card power en ###
 devmem 0x100c0058 32 0