diff --git a/iproute2-2.6.15-ipt-lib-dir.diff b/iproute2-2.6.15-ipt-lib-dir.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f06ad0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iproute2-2.6.15-ipt-lib-dir.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+--- tc/m_ipt.c.orig	2007-01-29 10:14:01.000000000 +0100
++++ tc/m_ipt.c	2007-01-29 10:50:37.000000000 +0100
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+  *
+  * Authors:  J Hadi Salim (hadi@cyberus.ca) 
+  * 
+- * TODO: bad bad hardcoding IPT_LIB_DIR and PROC_SYS_MODPROBE
++ * TODO: bad bad hardcoding PROC_SYS_MODPROBE
+  *
+ */
+ 
+@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
+ #define FALSE 0
+ #endif
+ 
+-#ifndef IPT_LIB_DIR
+-#define IPT_LIB_DIR "/usr/local/lib/iptables"
+-#endif
+-
+ #ifndef PROC_SYS_MODPROBE
+ #define PROC_SYS_MODPROBE "/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe"
+ #endif
+@@ -233,8 +229,13 @@
+ 	char *error;
+ 	char *new_name, *lname;
+ 	struct iptables_target *m;
++	char ipt_lib_dir[30] = "/usr/lib/iptables";
++
++	if (access (ipt_lib_dir,R_OK)) {
++		strcpy (ipt_lib_dir,"/usr/lib64/iptables");
++	}
+ 
+-	char path[sizeof (IPT_LIB_DIR) + sizeof ("/libipt_.so") + strlen(name)];
++	char path[sizeof (ipt_lib_dir) + sizeof ("/libipt_.so") + strlen(name)];
+ 
+ 	new_name = malloc(strlen(name) + 1);
+ 	lname = malloc(strlen(name) + 1);
+@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 
+-	sprintf(path, IPT_LIB_DIR "/libipt_%s.so", new_name);
++	sprintf(path, "%s/libipt_%s.so", ipt_lib_dir,new_name);
+ 	handle = dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY);
+ 	if (!handle) {
+ 		sprintf(path, IPT_LIB_DIR "/libipt_%s.so", lname);
diff --git a/iproute2.changes b/iproute2.changes
index a63c97b..5c06b21 100644
--- a/iproute2.changes
+++ b/iproute2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 29 11:00:08 CET 2007 - ms@suse.de
+
+- fixed wrong IPT_LIB_DIR value and replaced the code by a
+  dynamic check for the /usr/%lib/iptables directory (#238886)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov  7 01:06:43 CET 2006 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/iproute2.spec b/iproute2.spec
index 2f35d18..e682ee4 100644
--- a/iproute2.spec
+++ b/iproute2.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package iproute2 (Version 2.6.15)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2006 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
 # package are under the same license as the package itself.
 #
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 Name:           iproute2
 BuildRequires:  db-devel ghostscript-fonts-std ghostscript-x11 glib libpng-devel libtiff-devel sgmltool te_ams te_latex xorg-x11-devel
 %define dateversion 060110
-License:        GNU General Public License (GPL) - all versions
+License:        GNU General Public License (GPL)
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Routing
 Provides:       iproute 
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Version:        2.6.15
-Release:        32
+Release:        50
 Summary:        Advanced Routing
 URL:            http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/
 Source0:        %name-%version-%dateversion.tar.bz2
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Patch3:         %name-2.6.14-nostrip.diff
 Patch4:         %name-tc-flex-fixes.patch
 Patch5:         %name-resolve-address.diff
 Patch6:         %name-2.6.15-060110.dif
+Patch7:         %name-2.6.15-ipt-lib-dir.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %package -n libnlink
 Summary:        A Higher Level Interface to the Netlink Service
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch4
 %patch5
 %patch6
+%patch7
 find . -name *.orig -print0 | xargs -r0 rm -v
 
 %build
@@ -112,6 +114,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %_libdir/lib*
 
 %changelog -n iproute2
+* Mon Jan 29 2007 - ms@suse.de
+- fixed wrong IPT_LIB_DIR value and replaced the code by a
+  dynamic check for the /usr/%%lib/iptables directory (#238886)
 * Tue Nov 07 2006 - ro@suse.de
 - fix permissions for manpage
 * Thu Jul 20 2006 - ms@suse.de