diff --git a/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.conf b/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.conf
index 94d54912b..681ff1079 100644
--- a/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.conf
+++ b/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.conf
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ ipr2_pm() {
 	chmod +x $sbindir/dumpnetcfg
 }
 
+# check when updating package
+# remove when author regains mental sanity
+srcdir=iproute2-050124
+
 runconf=0
-makeopt="SBINDIR=/sbin KERNEL_INCLUDE=$root/usr/include"
-makeinstopt="DESTDIR=$root install"
+makeopt="KERNEL_INCLUDE=$root/usr/include"
+makeinstopt="SBINDIR=/sbin DESTDIR=$root install"
 
 postmake="ipr2_pm"
 
diff --git a/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.desc b/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.desc
index 2c0556df6..c1bf927f2 100644
--- a/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.desc
+++ b/package/base/iproute2/iproute2.desc
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.6.10-ss050112
+[V] 2.6.10-ss050124
 [P] X -X---5---9 190.000
 
-[D] 3100022774 iproute2-2.6.10-ss050112.tar.gz http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/download/
+[D] 815360194 iproute2-2.6.10-ss050124.tar.gz http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/download/