diff --git a/package/iptables/Makefile b/package/iptables/Makefile
index 60f4754ca9..be5b95b149 100644
--- a/package/iptables/Makefile
+++ b/package/iptables/Makefile
@@ -9,18 +9,16 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=iptables
-PKG_VERSION:=1.4.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=1.4.6
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_MD5SUM:=08cd9196881657ea0615d926334cb7e9
+PKG_MD5SUM:=c67cf30e281a924def6426be0973df56
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files \
 	ftp://ftp.be.netfilter.org/pub/netfilter/iptables/ \
 	ftp://ftp.de.netfilter.org/pub/netfilter/iptables/ \
 	ftp://ftp.no.netfilter.org/pub/netfilter/iptables/
 
-PATCH_DIR:=./patches/$(PKG_VERSION)
-
 PKG_FIXUP = libtool
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
@@ -336,7 +334,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libiptc/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libiptc.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libip*tc.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
 define Package/libxtables/install
diff --git a/package/iptables/patches/1.4.4/002-layer7_2.17.patch b/package/iptables/patches/002-layer7_2.17.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/iptables/patches/1.4.4/002-layer7_2.17.patch
rename to package/iptables/patches/002-layer7_2.17.patch
diff --git a/package/iptables/patches/1.4.4/005-imq.patch b/package/iptables/patches/005-imq.patch
similarity index 96%
rename from package/iptables/patches/1.4.4/005-imq.patch
rename to package/iptables/patches/005-imq.patch
index fb5860a39b..9e4d6277b5 100644
--- a/package/iptables/patches/1.4.4/005-imq.patch
+++ b/package/iptables/patches/005-imq.patch
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 +
 +	switch(c) {
 +	case '1':
-+		if (xtables_check_inverse(optarg, &invert, NULL, 0))
++		if (xtables_check_inverse(optarg, &invert, NULL, 0, argv))
 +			xtables_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM,
 +				   "Unexpected `!' after --todev");
 +		mr->todev=atoi(optarg);
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 +static struct xtables_target imq_target = {
 +	.name		= "IMQ",
 +	.version	= XTABLES_VERSION,
-+	.family		= AF_INET,
++	.family		= NFPROTO_IPV4,
 +	.size		= XT_ALIGN(sizeof(struct xt_imq_info)),
 +	.userspacesize	= XT_ALIGN(sizeof(struct xt_imq_info)),
 +	.help		= IMQ_help,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 +static struct xtables_target imq_target6 = {
 +	.name		= "IMQ",
 +	.version	= XTABLES_VERSION,
-+	.family		= AF_INET6,
++	.family		= NFPROTO_IPV6,
 +	.size		= XT_ALIGN(sizeof(struct xt_imq_info)),
 +	.userspacesize	= XT_ALIGN(sizeof(struct xt_imq_info)),
 +	.help		= IMQ_help,
diff --git a/package/iptables/patches/1.4.4/008-netfilter_include_linux_type_h.patch b/package/iptables/patches/008-netfilter_include_linux_type_h.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/iptables/patches/1.4.4/008-netfilter_include_linux_type_h.patch
rename to package/iptables/patches/008-netfilter_include_linux_type_h.patch
diff --git a/package/iptables/patches/1.4.4/009-table-alignment.patch b/package/iptables/patches/009-table-alignment.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/iptables/patches/1.4.4/009-table-alignment.patch
rename to package/iptables/patches/009-table-alignment.patch