--- networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c.orig	2010-12-20 01:41:27.000000000 +0100
+++ networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c	2011-01-04 17:01:53.596934712 +0100
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
 		printf("master %s ", ll_idx_n2a(*(int*)RTA_DATA(tb[IFLA_MASTER]), b1));
 	}
 #endif
+#ifdef IFLA_OPERSTATE
 	if (tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]) {
 		static const char operstate_labels[] ALIGN1 =
 			"UNKNOWN\0""NOTPRESENT\0""DOWN\0""LOWERLAYERDOWN\0"
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@
 		printf("state %s ", nth_string(operstate_labels,
 					*(uint8_t *)RTA_DATA(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE])));
 	}
+#endif
 	if (G_filter.showqueue)
 		print_queuelen((char*)RTA_DATA(tb[IFLA_IFNAME]));
 
--- networking/libiproute/iplink.c.orig	2010-12-20 01:41:27.000000000 +0100
+++ networking/libiproute/iplink.c	2011-01-04 17:01:53.596934712 +0100
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@
 	return ipaddr_list_or_flush(argv, 0);
 }
 
+#ifdef IFLA_LINKINFO
 #ifndef NLMSG_TAIL
 #define NLMSG_TAIL(nmsg) \
 	((struct rtattr *) (((void *) (nmsg)) + NLMSG_ALIGN((nmsg)->nlmsg_len)))
@@ -363,20 +364,31 @@
 		return 2;
 	return 0;
 }
+#endif
 
 /* Return value becomes exitcode. It's okay to not return at all */
 int FAST_FUNC do_iplink(char **argv)
 {
 	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
+#ifdef IFLA_LINKINFO
 		"add\0""delete\0""set\0""show\0""lst\0""list\0";
+#define MAX_VALID_ARGUMENT_INDEX 5
+#else
+		"set\0""show\0""lst\0""list\0";
+#define MAX_VALID_ARGUMENT_INDEX 3
+#endif
 	if (*argv) {
 		smalluint key = index_in_substrings(keywords, *argv);
-		if (key > 5) /* invalid argument */
+		if (key > MAX_VALID_ARGUMENT_INDEX) /* invalid argument */
 			bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_invalid_arg, *argv, applet_name);
 		argv++;
+#ifdef IFLA_LINKINFO
 		if (key <= 1) /* add/delete */
 			return do_change(argv, key ? RTM_DELLINK : RTM_NEWLINK);
 		else if (key == 2) /* set */
+#else
+		if (key == 0) /* set */
+#endif
 			return do_set(argv);
 	}
 	/* show, lst, list */