diff --git a/package/pppd/pppd.mk b/package/pppd/pppd.mk
index eb06eec40..0a8825146 100644
--- a/package/pppd/pppd.mk
+++ b/package/pppd/pppd.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ endef
 
 PPPD_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += PPPD_DROP_INTERNAL_IF_PPOL2TP_H
 
+# pppd defaults to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf, which not be writable and is
+# definitely not useful since the C library only uses
+# /etc/resolv.conf. Therefore, we change pppd to use /etc/resolv.conf
+# instead.
+define PPPD_SET_RESOLV_CONF
+	$(SED) 's,ppp/resolv.conf,resolv.conf,' $(@D)/pppd/pathnames.h
+endef
+PPPD_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += PPPD_SET_RESOLV_CONF
+
 define PPPD_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	$(SED) 's/FILTER=y/#FILTER=y/' $(PPPD_DIR)/pppd/Makefile.linux
 	$(SED) 's/ifneq ($$(wildcard \/usr\/include\/pcap-bpf.h),)/ifdef FILTER/' $(PPPD_DIR)/*/Makefile.linux