diff --git a/net/openvpn-devel/patches/000-busybox-ifconfig-ipv6-compatible.patch b/net/openvpn-devel/patches/000-busybox-ifconfig-ipv6-compatible.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5aa431215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/openvpn-devel/patches/000-busybox-ifconfig-ipv6-compatible.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur old/src/openvpn/tun.c new/src/openvpn/tun.c
+--- old/src/openvpn/tun.c       2012-09-11 11:02:41.000000000 +0200
++++ new/src/openvpn/tun.c       2012-09-11 12:27:30.304436864 +0200
+@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
+      if ( do_ipv6 )
+	{
+	  argv_printf (&argv,
+-			  "%s %s inet6 add %s/%d",
++			  "%s %s add %s/%d",
+			  IFCONFIG_PATH,
+			  actual,
+			  ifconfig_ipv6_local,