diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index ced1a3be3..c63ad7dbf 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2011-12-01</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to IPRoute2-3.1.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2969">#2969</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Add latest upstream patches for Bash. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2968">#2968</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index bd300736f..1557bbc3c 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Inetutils &inetutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>IPRoute2 &iproute2-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Kbd &kbd-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index ef1fa2782..5edbe6dbb 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -273,11 +273,11 @@
 <!ENTITY inetutils-ch6-du "17 MB">
 <!ENTITY inetutils-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iproute2-version "2.6.39">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-size "465 KB">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-url "http://devresources.linuxfoundation.org/dev/iproute2/download/iproute2-&iproute2-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "8a3b6bc77c2ecf752284aa4a6fc630a6">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-home "http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-version "3.1.0">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-size "358 KB">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-url "&kernel;/linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-&iproute2-version;.tar.xz">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "810cdc0ddc2409a7af7089588c6c9a68">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-home "&kernel;/linux/utils/net/iproute2/">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-ch6-du "6.6 MB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">