diff --git a/package/alessandro/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.conf b/package/alessandro/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d90c1d9c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/alessandro/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+preconf="autoconf"
diff --git a/package/alessandro/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.desc b/package/alessandro/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.desc
index 0a391751a..43dcfabf0 100644
--- a/package/alessandro/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.desc
+++ b/package/alessandro/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.desc
@@ -26,17 +26,18 @@
 [T] Improvements include support for multiple independent bridges,
 [T] and functionality with ethertap.
 
-[U] http://bridge.sourceforge.net/
+[U] http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Bridge
 
 [A] Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@gnu.org> 
 [M] Alessandro Ferrari <famferr@tin.it>
 
 [C] extra/network
+[F] CORE
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.0.6
+[V] 1.2
 [P] X --?--5---9 265.400
 
-[D] 1320754904 bridge-utils-1.0.6.tar.gz http://dl.sf.net/sourceforge/bridge/
+[D] 827466823 bridge-utils-1.2.tar.gz http://dl.sf.net/sourceforge/bridge/