diff --git a/src/freedombone-client b/src/freedombone-client
index 876a3457..f39fc691 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-client
+++ b/src/freedombone-client
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ function mesh_babel {
 
   echo '#!/bin/sh' > $babel_script
   echo '' >> $babel_script
+  echo 'if [[ $1 == "ls" || $1 == "list" ]]; then' >> $babel_script
+  echo '    avahi-browse --all' >> $babel_script
+  echo '    exit 0' >> $babel_script
+  echo 'fi' >> $babel_script
+  echo '' >> $babel_script
   echo 'if [[ $1 == "start" ]]; then' >> $babel_script
   echo '    # install avahi' >> $babel_script
   echo '    apt-get -y install avahi-utils avahi-autoipd' >> $babel_script
@@ -277,9 +282,12 @@ function mesh_batman {
   echo '    status)' >> $batman_script
   echo '        batctl o' >> $batman_script
   echo '        ;;' >> $batman_script
+  echo '    ls|list)' >> $batman_script
+  echo '        avahi-browse --all' >> $batman_script
+  echo '        ;;' >> $batman_script
   echo '    *)' >> $batman_script
   echo '    echo "error: invalid parameter $1"' >> $batman_script
-  echo '    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|status}"' >> $batman_script
+  echo '    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|status|ls|list}"' >> $batman_script
   echo '    exit 2' >> $batman_script
   echo '    ;;' >> $batman_script
   echo 'esac' >> $batman_script