diff --git a/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2-2.6.18/iproute2-2.6.15_no_strip.diff b/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2-2.6.18/iproute2-2.6.15_no_strip.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 496506960e..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2-2.6.18/iproute2-2.6.15_no_strip.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
---- ip/Makefile	2006/02/23 21:22:18	1.1
-+++ ip/Makefile	2006/02/23 21:22:27
-@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
- rtmon: $(RTMONOBJ) $(LIBNETLINK)
- 
- install: all
--	install -m 0755 -s $(TARGETS) $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
-+	install -m 0755 $(TARGETS) $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
- 	install -m 0755 $(SCRIPTS) $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
- 
- clean:
---- tc/Makefile	2006/02/23 21:23:52	1.1
-+++ tc/Makefile	2006/02/23 21:23:57
-@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@
- 
- install: all
- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/tc
--	install -m 0755 -s tc $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
-+	install -m 0755 tc $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
- 	for i in $(TCSO); \
--	do install -m 755 -s $$i $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/tc; \
-+	do install -m 755 $$i $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/tc; \
- 	done
- 
- clean:
diff --git a/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2-2.6.18/new-flex-fix.patch b/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2-2.6.18/new-flex-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c04087839..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2-2.6.18/new-flex-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-The tc command was failing to build due to flex errors. These errors are
-caused by an incompatible change to flex in recent versions, including the
-version shipped with OE. 
-
-This fix is as per the one used by opensure:
-
-  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-commit/2006-04/msg00090.html
-
-and simple renames str to prevent it conflicting.
-
---- iproute2-2.6.16-060323/tc/emp_ematch.l	2006/10/30 22:46:29	1.1
-+++ iproute2-2.6.16-060323/tc/emp_ematch.l	2006/10/30 22:47:26
-@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
- 
- %}
- 
--%x str
-+%x STR
- 
- %option 8bit stack warn noyywrap prefix="ematch_"
- %%
-@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@
- 						}
- 						strbuf_index = 0;
- 						
--						BEGIN(str);
-+						BEGIN(STR);
- 					}
- 
--<str>\"					{
-+<STR>\"					{
- 						BEGIN(INITIAL);
- 						yylval.b = bstr_new(strbuf, strbuf_index);
- 						yylval.b->quoted = 1;
- 						return ATTRIBUTE;
- 					}
- 
--<str>\\[0-7]{1,3}			{ /* octal escape sequence */
-+<STR>\\[0-7]{1,3}			{ /* octal escape sequence */
- 						int res;
- 						
- 						sscanf(yytext + 1, "%o", &res);
-@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@
- 						strbuf_append_char((unsigned char) res);
- 					}
- 
--<str>\\[0-9]+				{ /* catch wrong octal escape seq. */
-+<STR>\\[0-9]+				{ /* catch wrong octal escape seq. */
- 						fprintf(stderr, "error: invalid octale escape sequence\n");
- 						return ERROR;
- 					}
- 
--<str>\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2}		{
-+<STR>\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2}		{
- 						int res;
- 						
- 						sscanf(yytext + 2, "%x", &res);
-@@ -118,16 +118,16 @@
- 						strbuf_append_char((unsigned char) res);
- 					}
- 
--<str>\\n				strbuf_append_char('\n');
--<str>\\r				strbuf_append_char('\r');
--<str>\\t				strbuf_append_char('\t');
--<str>\\v				strbuf_append_char('\v');
--<str>\\b				strbuf_append_char('\b');
--<str>\\f				strbuf_append_char('\f');
--<str>\\a				strbuf_append_char('\a');
-+<STR>\\n				strbuf_append_char('\n');
-+<STR>\\r				strbuf_append_char('\r');
-+<STR>\\t				strbuf_append_char('\t');
-+<STR>\\v				strbuf_append_char('\v');
-+<STR>\\b				strbuf_append_char('\b');
-+<STR>\\f				strbuf_append_char('\f');
-+<STR>\\a				strbuf_append_char('\a');
- 
--<str>\\(.|\n)				strbuf_append_char(yytext[1]);
--<str>[^\\\n\"]+				strbuf_append_charp(yytext);
-+<STR>\\(.|\n)				strbuf_append_char(yytext[1]);
-+<STR>[^\\\n\"]+				strbuf_append_charp(yytext);
- 
- [aA][nN][dD]				return AND;
- [oO][rR]				return OR;
diff --git a/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2-2.6.34/configure-cross.patch b/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2-2.6.34/configure-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67dc6f5a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2-2.6.34/configure-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# borrow from OE, to handle cross compile mess
+#
+# ktian1, 06/28/2010 
+Index: iproute2-2.6.34/configure
+===================================================================
+--- iproute2-2.6.34.orig/configure
++++ iproute2-2.6.34/configure
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+ INCLUDE=${1:-"$PWD/include"}
+ 
+ TABLES=
+-
++SYSROOT=$1
+ check_atm()
+ {
+ cat >/tmp/atmtest.c <<EOF
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ 	return 0;
+ }
+ EOF
+-gcc -I$INCLUDE -o /tmp/atmtest /tmp/atmtest.c -latm >/dev/null 2>&1 
++$CC -I$INCLUDE -o /tmp/atmtest /tmp/atmtest.c -latm >/dev/null 2>&1
+ if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+ then
+     echo "TC_CONFIG_ATM:=y" >>Config
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 
+ EOF
+ 
+-if gcc -I$INCLUDE $IPTC -o /tmp/ipttest /tmp/ipttest.c $IPTL -ldl -lxtables >/dev/null 2>&1
++if $CC -I$INCLUDE $IPTC -o /tmp/ipttest /tmp/ipttest.c $IPTL -ldl -lxtables >/dev/null 2>&1
+ then
+ 	echo "TC_CONFIG_XT:=y" >>Config
+ 	echo "using xtables"
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ }
+ 
+ EOF
+-gcc -I$INCLUDE $IPTC -o /tmp/ipttest /tmp/ipttest.c $IPTL -ldl >/dev/null 2>&1
++$CC -I$INCLUDE $IPTC -o /tmp/ipttest /tmp/ipttest.c $IPTL -ldl >/dev/null 2>&1
+ 
+ if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+ then
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ }
+ 
+ EOF
+-gcc -I$INCLUDE $IPTC -o /tmp/ipttest /tmp/ipttest.c $IPTL -ldl >/dev/null 2>&1
++$CC -I$INCLUDE $IPTC -o /tmp/ipttest /tmp/ipttest.c $IPTL -ldl >/dev/null 2>&1
+ 
+ if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+ then
+@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ check_ipt()
+ check_ipt_lib_dir()
+ {
+ 	IPT_LIB_DIR=""
+-	for dir in /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
++	for dir in $SYSROOT/lib $SYSROOT/usr/lib $SYSROOT/usr/local/lib
+ 	do
+ 		for file in $dir/$TABLES/lib*t_*so ; do
+ 			if [ -f $file ]; then
diff --git a/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2.inc b/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2.inc
index 0d7b11028a..7246b87e9b 100644
--- a/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2.inc
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "kernel routing and traffic control utilities"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2"
 SECTION = "base"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=eb723b61539feef013de476e68b5c50a \
+                    file://ip/ip.c;md5=186731afa4b42e30b9b37efa4ec90b93"
 DEPENDS = "flex-native bison-native"
 
-# Set SRCDATE in the .bb file
-SRC_URI = "http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/download/${P}-${SRCDATE}.tar.gz"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/${P}-${SRCDATE}"
+inherit update-alternatives
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "CC='${CC}' KERNEL_INCLUDE=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}/include DOCDIR=${docdir}/iproute2 SUBDIRS='lib tc ip' SBINDIR=/sbin"
 
 do_install () {
-        oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D} install
+    oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D} install
+    mv ${D}${base_sbindir}/ip ${D}${base_sbindir}/ip.iproute2
+    install -d ${D}${datadir}
+    mv ${D}/share/* ${D}${datadir}/ || true
+    rm ${D}/share -rf || true
 }
 
 FILES_${PN} += "/usr/lib/tc/*"
 FILES_${PN}-dbg += "/usr/lib/tc/.debug"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_NAME = "ip"
+ALTERNATIVE_PATH = "${base_sbindir}/ip.iproute2"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK = "${base_bindir}/ip"
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
diff --git a/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2_2.6.18.bb b/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2_2.6.18.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fc0b8f98c..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2_2.6.18.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-PR = "r1"
-
-require iproute2.inc
-
-SRC_URI += "file://iproute2-2.6.15_no_strip.diff;patch=1;pnum=0 \
-            file://new-flex-fix.patch;patch=1"
-
-SRCDATE = "061002"
diff --git a/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2_2.6.34.bb b/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2_2.6.34.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5e0ef6e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/iproute2/iproute2_2.6.34.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+require iproute2.inc
+
+PR = "r0"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/download/${P}.tar.bz2 \
+	   file://configure-cross.patch"