diff --git a/net/lighttpd/Makefile b/net/lighttpd/Makefile
index b77f63213..a7396af52 100644
--- a/net/lighttpd/Makefile
+++ b/net/lighttpd/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=lighttpd
 PKG_VERSION:=1.4.18
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.lighttpd.net/download/
diff --git a/net/lighttpd/files/lighttpd.conf b/net/lighttpd/files/lighttpd.conf
index 4e242a6d6..788ed64b6 100644
--- a/net/lighttpd/files/lighttpd.conf
+++ b/net/lighttpd/files/lighttpd.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 #	"mod_expire"
 #)
 
+# force use of the "write" backend (closes: #2401)
+server.network-backend = "write"
+
 ## a static document-root, for virtual-hosting take look at the 
 ## server.virtual-* options
 server.document-root = "/www/"