diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index c1e156bd7..5d8e25279 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2006-11-25</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Prevent Inetutils from building and installing
+          <command>ifconfig</command> as LFS uses <command>ip</command> to
+          configure network interfaces. Thanks to Marty Jack for the report and
+          the fix. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1914">#1914</ulink></para>
+        </listitem>
 	<listitem>
 	  <para>[jhuntwork] - Fix potential corruption of the testsuite tools
 	  by forcing expect to always use /bin/stty and not /usr/local/bin/stty.
diff --git a/chapter06/inetutils.xml b/chapter06/inetutils.xml
index 1bf49f0e6..69afa57a2 100644
--- a/chapter06/inetutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/inetutils.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,22 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
     --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
-    --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
+    --disable-ifconfig --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
     --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--disable-ifconfig</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
+          <command>ifconfig</command>, which can be used to configure network
+          interfaces. LFS uses <command>ip</command> from IPRoute2 to perform
+          this task.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
         <listitem>