diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ec3cd6..cccc196 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@
 /initscripts-9.76.tar.gz
 /initscripts-9.77.tar.gz
 /initscripts-9.78.tar.gz
+/initscripts-9.79.tar.gz
diff --git a/initscripts.spec b/initscripts.spec
index dcc4fea..c4d0e91 100644
--- a/initscripts.spec
+++ b/initscripts.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: Scripts to bring up network interfaces and legacy utilities
 Name: initscripts
-Version: 9.78
+Version: 9.79
 License: GPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Release: 1%{?dist}
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ fi
 %dir %{_libexecdir}/initscripts/legacy-actions
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 02 2018 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] <dkaspar@redhat.com> - 9.79-1
+- ifdown-post: fix logical error in commit 5d61564
+- network: add knob to optionally keep interfaces up during shutdown
+- network-functions: use POSIX forwarding instead of bash-ism
+
 * Wed Nov 08 2017 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] <dkaspar@redhat.com> - 9.78-1
 - specfile: drop dependancy on /etc/system-release
 - ifup-post: always update nameserver & search entries in /etc/resolv.conf
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5fb4e72..e03a5f2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (initscripts-9.78.tar.gz) = 47616074d98be47e896776ee072ce016253bca92ce0714801066a00d1b0108ee50b9fe40c194dd1b6f422701fbfbaefbec127b6081ecd810de79deca83fddbbf
+SHA512 (initscripts-9.79.tar.gz) = 359c51dcb8aa0a745a3dd3bb67386f41d33eabc781ff2de9b211aab2706dd5e84e885e9e237b88a33fc6cb3e5dd1dbccf7c4ab32f288de76ca16d1118144abd4