diff --git a/networking/udhcp/Config.in b/networking/udhcp/Config.in
index 674470a..5baaa6a 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/Config.in
+++ b/networking/udhcp/Config.in
@@ -38,14 +38,5 @@
 	help
 	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
 
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_UDHCPC_IP
-	bool "  Compile udhcpc with ip support"
-	default n
-	depends on CONFIG_UDHCPC
-	help
-	  Say yes if you are using the ip command instead of route and ifconfig
-	  in your scripts to bring up the interface.
-	  This is needed as ip wants the subnet as a bitprefix not an ip value.
-
 endmenu
 
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/README.udhcpc b/networking/udhcp/README.udhcpc
index d949086..8aee981 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/README.udhcpc
+++ b/networking/udhcp/README.udhcpc
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 	$1		- What action the script should perform
 	interface	- The interface this was obtained on
 	ip		- The obtained IP
+	mask		- The number of bits in the netmask (ie: 24)
 	siaddr		- The bootp next server option
 	sname		- The bootp server name option
 	boot_file	- The bootp boot file option
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c b/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
index c55ebbb..740daaf 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'c':
 			len = strlen(optarg) > 255 ? 255 : strlen(optarg);
-			free(client_config.clientid);
+			if (client_config.clientid) free(client_config.clientid);
 			client_config.clientid = xmalloc(len + 2);
 			client_config.clientid[OPT_CODE] = DHCP_CLIENT_ID;
 			client_config.clientid[OPT_LEN] = len;
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 		case 'h':
 		case 'H':
 			len = strlen(optarg) > 255 ? 255 : strlen(optarg);
-			free(client_config.hostname);
+			if (client_config.hostname) free(client_config.hostname);
 			client_config.hostname = xmalloc(len + 2);
 			client_config.hostname[OPT_CODE] = DHCP_HOST_NAME;
 			client_config.hostname[OPT_LEN] = len;
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c b/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c
index 32ee24b..2b19d97 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	u_int32_t expires;
 };
 
-#ifdef COMBINED_BINARY	
+#ifdef BB_VER
 int dumpleases_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #else
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/files.c b/networking/udhcp/files.c
index cf72de1..842e0f2 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/files.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/files.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 {
 	char **dest = arg;
 	
-	free(*dest);
+	if (*dest) free(*dest);
 	*dest = strdup(line);
 	
 	return 1;
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/options.c b/networking/udhcp/options.c
index 3f3a389..5814472 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/options.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/options.c
@@ -13,16 +13,11 @@
 #include "options.h"
 #include "leases.h"
 
-#include "config.h"
 
 /* supported options are easily added here */
 struct dhcp_option options[] = {
 	/* name[10]	flags					code */
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_UDHCPC_IP
-	{"subnet",	OPTION_IP | OPTION_REQ | OPTION_PREFIX,	0x01},
-#else
- 	{"subnet",	OPTION_IP | OPTION_REQ,			0x01},
-#endif
+	{"subnet",	OPTION_IP | OPTION_REQ,			0x01},
 	{"timezone",	OPTION_S32,				0x02},
 	{"router",	OPTION_IP | OPTION_LIST | OPTION_REQ,	0x03},
 	{"timesvr",	OPTION_IP | OPTION_LIST,		0x04},
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/options.h b/networking/udhcp/options.h
index dccaa2a..1fded2e 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/options.h
+++ b/networking/udhcp/options.h
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 #include "packet.h"
 
-#include "config.h"
-
 #define TYPE_MASK	0x0F
 
 enum {
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@
 
 #define OPTION_REQ	0x10 /* have the client request this option */
 #define OPTION_LIST	0x20 /* There can be a list of 1 or more of these */
-#define OPTION_PREFIX	0x40 /* ip wants a prefix instead of a ip for subnet */
 
 struct dhcp_option {
 	char name[10];
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/script.c b/networking/udhcp/script.c
index 1c6f1bd..2eb4459 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/script.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/script.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 #include "options.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 
-#include "config.h"
-
 /* get a rough idea of how long an option will be (rounding up...) */
 static int max_option_length[] = {
 	[OPTION_IP] =		sizeof("255.255.255.255 "),
@@ -60,41 +58,22 @@
 }
 
 
-static int sprintip(char *dest, char *pre, unsigned char *ip) {
-	return sprintf(dest, "%s%d.%d.%d.%d ", pre, ip[0], ip[1], ip[2], ip[3]);
-}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_UDHCPC_IP
-/* convert a netmask (255.255.255.0) into the length (24) */
-static int inet_ntom (const char *src, short *dst)
+static int sprintip(char *dest, char *pre, unsigned char *ip)
 {
-	in_addr_t mask, num;
-
-	mask = ntohl(*(unsigned int *)src);
-
-	for (num = mask; num & 1; num >>= 1);
-
-	if (num != 0 && mask != 0)
-	{
-		for (num = ~mask; num & 1; num >>= 1);
-		if (num)
-			return 0;
-	}
-
-	for (num = 0; mask; mask <<= 1)
-		num++;
-
-	*dst = num;
-
-	return 1;
+	return sprintf(dest, "%s%d.%d.%d.%d", pre, ip[0], ip[1], ip[2], ip[3]);
 }
 
-static int sprintprefix(char *dest, char *pre, unsigned char *ip) {
-	short sdest = 0;
-	inet_ntom(ip, &sdest);
-	return sprintf(dest, "%s%hd ", pre, sdest);
+
+/* really simple implementation, just count the bits */
+static int mton(struct in_addr *mask)
+{
+	int i;
+	/* note: mask will always be in network byte order, so
+	 * there are no endian issues */
+	for (i = 31; i >= 0 && !((mask->s_addr >> i) & 1); i--);
+	return i + 1;
 }
-#endif
+
 
 /* Fill dest with the text of option 'option'. */
 static void fill_options(char *dest, unsigned char *option, struct dhcp_option *type_p)
@@ -117,41 +96,30 @@
 			*(dest++) = '/';
 			option += 4;
 			optlen = 4;
-#ifndef CONFIG_FEATURE_UDHCPC_IP
 		case OPTION_IP:	/* Works regardless of host byte order. */
-#endif
 			dest += sprintip(dest, "", option);
  			break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_UDHCPC_IP
- 		case OPTION_IP:	/* Works regardless of host byte order. */
-			if (type_p->flags & OPTION_PREFIX) {
-				dest += sprintprefix(dest, "", option);
-			} else {
-				dest += sprintip(dest, "", option);
-			}
- 			break;
-#endif
 		case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
-			dest += sprintf(dest, *option ? "yes " : "no ");
+			dest += sprintf(dest, *option ? "yes" : "no");
 			break;
 		case OPTION_U8:
-			dest += sprintf(dest, "%u ", *option);
+			dest += sprintf(dest, "%u", *option);
 			break;
 		case OPTION_U16:
 			memcpy(&val_u16, option, 2);
-			dest += sprintf(dest, "%u ", ntohs(val_u16));
+			dest += sprintf(dest, "%u", ntohs(val_u16));
 			break;
 		case OPTION_S16:
 			memcpy(&val_s16, option, 2);
-			dest += sprintf(dest, "%d ", ntohs(val_s16));
+			dest += sprintf(dest, "%d", ntohs(val_s16));
 			break;
 		case OPTION_U32:
 			memcpy(&val_u32, option, 4);
-			dest += sprintf(dest, "%lu ", (unsigned long) ntohl(val_u32));
+			dest += sprintf(dest, "%lu", (unsigned long) ntohl(val_u32));
 			break;
 		case OPTION_S32:
 			memcpy(&val_s32, option, 4);
-			dest += sprintf(dest, "%ld ", (long) ntohl(val_s32));
+			dest += sprintf(dest, "%ld", (long) ntohl(val_s32));
 			break;
 		case OPTION_STRING:
 			memcpy(dest, option, len);
@@ -161,6 +129,7 @@
 		option += optlen;
 		len -= optlen;
 		if (len <= 0) break;
+		dest += sprintf(dest, " ");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -186,6 +155,7 @@
 	int i, j;
 	char **envp;
 	unsigned char *temp;
+	struct in_addr subnet;
 	char over = 0;
 
 	if (packet == NULL)
@@ -202,23 +172,32 @@
 	}
 	
 	envp = xmalloc((num_options + 5) * sizeof(char *));
-	envp[0] = xmalloc(sizeof("interface=") + strlen(client_config.interface));
+	j = 0;
+	envp[j++] = xmalloc(sizeof("interface=") + strlen(client_config.interface));
 	sprintf(envp[0], "interface=%s", client_config.interface);
-	envp[1] = find_env("PATH", "PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin");
-	envp[2] = find_env("HOME", "HOME=/");
+	envp[j++] = find_env("PATH", "PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin");
+	envp[j++] = find_env("HOME", "HOME=/");
 
 	if (packet == NULL) {
-		envp[3] = NULL;
+		envp[j++] = NULL;
 		return envp;
 	}
 
-	envp[3] = xmalloc(sizeof("ip=255.255.255.255"));
-	sprintip(envp[3], "ip=", (unsigned char *) &packet->yiaddr);
-	for (i = 0, j = 4; options[i].code; i++) {
-		if ((temp = get_option(packet, options[i].code))) {
-			envp[j] = xmalloc(upper_length(temp[OPT_LEN - 2], &options[i]) + strlen(options[i].name) + 2);
-			fill_options(envp[j], temp, &options[i]);
-			j++;
+	envp[j] = xmalloc(sizeof("ip=255.255.255.255"));
+	sprintip(envp[j++], "ip=", (unsigned char *) &packet->yiaddr);
+
+
+	for (i = 0; options[i].code; i++) {
+		if (!(temp = get_option(packet, options[i].code)))
+			continue;
+		envp[j] = xmalloc(upper_length(temp[OPT_LEN - 2], &options[i]) + strlen(options[i].name) + 2);
+		fill_options(envp[j++], temp, &options[i]);
+
+		/* Fill in a subnet bits option for things like /24 */
+		if (options[i].code == DHCP_SUBNET) {
+			envp[j] = xmalloc(sizeof("mask=32"));
+			memcpy(&subnet, temp, 4);
+			sprintf(envp[j++], "mask=%d", mton(&subnet));
 		}
 	}
 	if (packet->siaddr) {
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/version.h b/networking/udhcp/version.h
index 07b1db1..3862539 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/version.h
+++ b/networking/udhcp/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _UDHCP_VERSION_H
 #define _UDHCP_VERSION_H
 
-#define VERSION "0.9.8"
+#define VERSION "0.9.9-pre"
 
 #endif