diff -up net-tools-1.60/ifconfig.c.bcast net-tools-1.60/ifconfig.c
--- net-tools-1.60/ifconfig.c.bcast	2011-11-21 02:31:57.000000000 +0100
+++ net-tools-1.60/ifconfig.c	2011-12-02 16:16:06.793742329 +0100
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
 #include <net/if_arp.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -239,9 +240,12 @@ static void version(void)
     exit(E_USAGE);
 }
 
-static int set_netmask(int skfd, struct ifreq *ifr, struct sockaddr *sa)
+static int set_netmask(int skfd, struct ifreq *ifr, struct sockaddr *sa, int new_bcast)
 {
     int err = 0;
+    struct sockaddr_in * ip_addr, * netmask, *bcast;
+    struct ifreq ifraddr;
+    struct ifreq ifrbcast;
 
     memcpy((char *) &ifr->ifr_netmask, (char *) sa,
 	   sizeof(struct sockaddr));
@@ -250,6 +254,25 @@ static int set_netmask(int skfd, struct
 		strerror(errno));
 	err = 1;
     }
+
+    if (new_bcast) {
+	memcpy(&ifraddr,ifr,sizeof(struct ifreq));
+	memcpy(&ifrbcast,ifr,sizeof(struct ifreq));
+	if (ioctl(skfd, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifraddr) < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "SIOCGIFADDR: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		err = 1;
+	}
+	ip_addr = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ifraddr.ifr_addr;
+	netmask = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr->ifr_netmask;
+	bcast = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ifrbcast.ifr_broadaddr;
+	/* calculate new broadcast adress */
+	bcast->sin_addr.s_addr = ip_addr->sin_addr.s_addr | ~netmask->sin_addr.s_addr;
+	/* set new broadcast adress   */
+	if (ioctl(skfd, SIOCSIFBRDADDR, &ifrbcast) < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "SIOCSIFBROADCAST: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		err = 1;
+	}
+    }
     return err;
 }
 
@@ -262,7 +285,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     struct aftype *ap;
     struct hwtype *hw;
     struct ifreq ifr;
-    int goterr = 0, didnetmask = 0, neednetmask=0;
+    int goterr = 0, didnetmask = 0, neednetmask=0, dobcast = 1;
     char **spp;
     int fd;
 #if HAVE_AFINET6
@@ -547,6 +570,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			    strerror(errno));
 		    goterr = 1;
 		}
+		dobcast = 0;
 		spp++;
 	    }
 	    goterr |= set_flag(ifr.ifr_name, IFF_BROADCAST);
@@ -589,7 +613,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		continue;
 	    }
 	    didnetmask++;
-	    goterr |= set_netmask(ap->fd, &ifr, &sa);
+	    goterr |= set_netmask(ap->fd, &ifr, &sa, dobcast);
 	    spp++;
 	    continue;
 	}
@@ -1045,7 +1069,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     if (neednetmask) {
-	goterr |= set_netmask(skfd, &ifr, &samask);
+	goterr |= set_netmask(skfd, &ifr, &samask, dobcast);
 	didnetmask++;
     }