diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
index 3df4cda4fb..ee42fa12f0 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
@@ -2172,7 +2172,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE
 	default y
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE_DIR
 	string
-	default "n"
+	default "/etc/iproute2"
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_IP_TUNNEL
 	bool
 	default n
diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Makefile b/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
index 95e785bfe6..6a55d5687c 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2016 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=busybox
 PKG_VERSION:=1.24.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_FLAGS:=essential
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2