diff --git a/openwrt/package/ppp/files/ppp.sh b/openwrt/package/ppp/files/ppp.sh
index 0bb77b8284c..a162b973021 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/ppp/files/ppp.sh
+++ b/openwrt/package/ppp/files/ppp.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ start_pppd() {
 		usepeerdns \
 		defaultroute \
 		replacedefaultroute \
-		${username:+username "$username" password "$password"} \
+		${username:+user "$username" password "$password"} \
 		linkname "$cfg" \
 		ipparam "$cfg"
 }