diff --git a/utils/syncthing/Makefile b/utils/syncthing/Makefile
index 942dcab632..5ac3d183f9 100644
--- a/utils/syncthing/Makefile
+++ b/utils/syncthing/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=syncthing
 PKG_VERSION:=2.0.15
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=syncthing-source-v$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
@@ -109,12 +109,11 @@ define SyncthingInstall
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(GO_PKG_BUILD_BIN_DIR)/$(2) $(1)/usr/bin
 endef
 
-
 define Package/syncthing/install
 	$(call SyncthingInstall,$(1),syncthing)
 
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/sysctl.d/
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(CURDIR)/files/syncthing-sysctl.conf $(1)/etc/sysctl.d/90-syncthing-inotify.conf
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) $(CURDIR)/files/syncthing.sysctl $(1)/etc/sysctl.d/90-syncthing.conf
 endef
 
 define Package/stdiscosrv/install
diff --git a/utils/syncthing/files/syncthing.conf b/utils/syncthing/files/syncthing.conf
index 9c68d901cd..d4b21f7cb4 100644
--- a/utils/syncthing/files/syncthing.conf
+++ b/utils/syncthing/files/syncthing.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config syncthing 'syncthing'
 	# Consult syslog if things go wrong.
 	option home '/etc/syncthing'
 
-	# Changes to "niceness"/macprocs are not picked up by "reload_config" or by
+	# Changes to "niceness"/maxprocs are not picked up by "reload_config" or by
 	# "restart": the service has to be stopped/started for those to take effect.
 	option nice '19'
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ config syncthing 'syncthing'
 
 	# Running as 'root' is possible, but not recommended
 	# option user 'syncthing'
+	# option group 'syncthing'
 
 	option log_file '/var/log/syncthing.log'
 	# option log_level 'INFO'
diff --git a/utils/syncthing/files/syncthing.init b/utils/syncthing/files/syncthing.init
index b8c93e9e5f..3981b07975 100644
--- a/utils/syncthing/files/syncthing.init
+++ b/utils/syncthing/files/syncthing.init
@@ -5,68 +5,55 @@
 START=90
 STOP=10
 
-USE_PROCD=1
-
 PROG=/usr/bin/syncthing
-
-config_cb() {
-	[ $# -eq 0 ] && return
-
-	option_cb() {
-		local option="$1"
-		local value="$2"
-
-		case $option in
-
-		# Support old option names
-		logfile)
-			option='log_file'
-			;;
-
-		macprocs)
-			option='maxprocs'
-			;;
-
-		esac
-
-		eval $option="$value"
-	}
-}
+USE_PROCD=1
 
 service_triggers() {
 	procd_add_reload_trigger 'syncthing'
 }
 
 start_service() {
-	# Options with default value different with the syncthing should be defined
-	# explicitly here
-	local enabled=0
-	local db_delete_retention_interval=''
-	local db_maintenance_interval=''
-	local gc=0
-	local gui_address='http://0.0.0.0:8384'
-	local gui_apikey=''
-	local home='/etc/syncthing'
-	local log_file='/var/log/syncthing.log'
-	local log_level='INFO'
-	local log_max_old_files=7
-	local log_max_size=1048576
-	local maxprocs=0
-	local memlimit=0
-	local nice=0
-	local user='syncthing'
-
 	config_load 'syncthing'
 
-	[ "$enabled" -gt 0 ] || return 0
+	local config_name='syncthing'
+	local enabled db_delete_retention_interval db_maintenance_interval \
+		gui_address gui_apikey home log_file logfile log_level \
+		log_max_old_files log_max_size nice user
+	local gc maxprocs macprocs memlimit
 
-	local group=$(id -gn $user)
+	uci_validate_section 'syncthing' 'syncthing' "$config_name" \
+		'db_delete_retention_interval:string' \
+		'db_maintenance_interval:string' \
+		'enabled:bool:0' \
+		'gc:uinteger:0' \
+		'group:string:syncthing' \
+		'gui_address:string:http://0.0.0.0:8384' \
+		'gui_apikey:string' \
+		'home:string:/etc/syncthing' \
+		'log_file:string:/var/log/syncthing.log' \
+		'logfile:string' \
+		'log_level:or("DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN", "ERROR"):INFO' \
+		'log_max_old_files:uinteger:7' \
+		'log_max_size:uinteger:1048576' \
+		'macprocs:uinteger' \
+		'maxprocs:uinteger:0' \
+		'memlimit:uinteger:0' \
+		'nice:range(-20,19):0' \
+		'user:string:syncthing'
+
+	[ "$enabled" = 1 ] || return 0
+
+	# Compatibility with older configs
+	[ -n "$logfile" ] && log_file="$logfile"
+	[ -n "$macprocs" ] && maxprocs="$macprocs"
+
+	[ -z "$group" ] && group=$(id -gn "$user")
 
 	mkdir -p "$home"
 	# A separate step to handle an upgrade use case
-	[ -d "$home" ] && chown -R $user:$group "$home"
+	[ -d "$home" ] && chown -R "$user:$group" "$home"
 
-	procd_open_instance
+	procd_open_instance syncthing
 
 	procd_set_param command "$PROG"
 
@@ -75,20 +62,21 @@ start_service() {
 	[ "$memlimit" -le 0 ] || procd_append_param env GOMEMLIMIT="$memlimit"
 
 	procd_append_param command serve
-	[ -z "$db_delete_retention_interval" ] || \
-		procd_append_param command --db-delete-retention-interval="$db_delete_retention_interval"
-	[ -z "$db_maintenance_interval" ] || \
-		procd_append_param command --db-maintenance-interval="$db_maintenance_interval"
+	[ -z "$db_delete_retention_interval" ] ||
+		procd_append_param command \
+			--db-delete-retention-interval="$db_delete_retention_interval"
+	[ -z "$db_maintenance_interval" ] ||
+		procd_append_param command \
+			--db-maintenance-interval="$db_maintenance_interval"
 	procd_append_param command --gui-address="$gui_address"
-	[ -z "$gui_apikey" ] || \
+	[ -z "$gui_apikey" ] ||
 		procd_append_param command --gui_apikey="$gui_apikey"
 	procd_append_param command --home="$home"
 	procd_append_param command --log-file="$log_file"
-	[ -z "$log_level" ] || \
-		procd_append_param command --log-level="$log_level"
-	[ -z "$log_max_old_files" ] || \
+	[ -z "$log_level" ] || procd_append_param command --log-level="$log_level"
+	[ -z "$log_max_old_files" ] ||
 		procd_append_param command --log-max-old-files="$log_max_old_files"
-	[ -z "$log_max_size" ] || \
+	[ -z "$log_max_size" ] ||
 		procd_append_param command --log-max-size="$log_max_size"
 	procd_append_param command --no-browser
 	procd_append_param command --no-port-probing
diff --git a/utils/syncthing/files/syncthing-sysctl.conf b/utils/syncthing/files/syncthing.sysctl
similarity index 100%
rename from utils/syncthing/files/syncthing-sysctl.conf
rename to utils/syncthing/files/syncthing.sysctl