diff --git a/network/iproute2/iproute2.conf b/network/iproute2/iproute2.conf
index 13fd6aeac..b28578fb1 100644
--- a/network/iproute2/iproute2.conf
+++ b/network/iproute2/iproute2.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@
 prefix=
 set_confopt
 
+# iproute2 release tarball for 2.6.22-070710 doesn't have a toplevel directory
+# Note: iproute2-2.6.23 doesn't require this hack!
+custextract=iproute2_extract
+iproute2_extract() {
+        mkdir -p 'iproute2'
+        taropt="-C iproute2 $taropt"
+        autoextract_tar_bz2 "$@"
+}
+
 ipr2_pm() {
         $CC $confdir/ipnm2nwbc.c -o $root/$sbindir/ipnm2nwbc
 	cp $confdir/dumpnetcfg.sh $root/$sbindir/dumpnetcfg
diff --git a/network/iproute2/iproute2.desc b/network/iproute2/iproute2.desc
index 34b15f385..e9d1f6609 100644
--- a/network/iproute2/iproute2.desc
+++ b/network/iproute2/iproute2.desc
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-
 [COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../iproute2/iproute2.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY]
@@ -37,8 +36,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.6.19-061214
+[V] 2.6.22-070710
 [P] X -?---5---9 190.000
 
-[D] 2776769982 iproute2-2.6.19-061214.tar.gz http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/download/
-
+[D] 1545087070 iproute2-2.6.22-070710.tar.bz2 http://devresources.linux-foundation.org/dev/iproute2/download/