diff --git a/package/ppp/Makefile b/package/ppp/Makefile
index e0724fffa7..168895544e 100644
--- a/package/ppp/Makefile
+++ b/package/ppp/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ppp
 PKG_VERSION:=2.4.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=8
+PKG_RELEASE:=9
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/
diff --git a/package/ppp/patches/320-custom_iface_names.patch b/package/ppp/patches/320-custom_iface_names.patch
index 16d90c4d7a..ff9ef86dd3 100644
--- a/package/ppp/patches/320-custom_iface_names.patch
+++ b/package/ppp/patches/320-custom_iface_names.patch
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
  
  	if (ppp_dev_fd >= 0) {
  		dbglog("in make_ppp_unit, already had /dev/ppp open?");
-@@ -645,6 +650,32 @@ static int make_ppp_unit()
+@@ -645,6 +650,30 @@ static int make_ppp_unit()
  	}
  	if (x < 0)
  		error("Couldn't create new ppp unit: %m");
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@
 +			error("Couldn't rename %s to %s", ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname);
 +			close(ppp_dev_fd);
 +			ppp_dev_fd = -1;
-+		} else {
-+			info("Renamed %s to %s", ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname);
 +		}
 +	}
 +
diff --git a/package/ppp/patches/330-retain_foreign_default_routes.patch b/package/ppp/patches/330-retain_foreign_default_routes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d60ccae50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ppp/patches/330-retain_foreign_default_routes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/pppd/sys-linux.c
++++ b/pppd/sys-linux.c
+@@ -1717,6 +1717,7 @@ int cifdefaultroute (int unit, u_int32_t
+ 	SIN_ADDR(rt.rt_genmask) = 0L;
+     }
+ 
++	rt.rt_dev = ifname;
+     rt.rt_flags = RTF_UP;
+     if (ioctl(sock_fd, SIOCDELRT, &rt) < 0 && errno != ESRCH) {
+ 	if (still_ppp()) {