diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a3a52035c..b1a9a4cbd 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
 
 	#1771: Fakeroot and the target/generic/device_table.txt create bad...
+	#1879: Bump iptables to 1.4.8
 	#1909: netperf-2.4.5 fails to build because of undeclared SOCK_DCCP
 
 2010.05, Released May 30th, 2010:
diff --git a/package/iptables/iptables.mk b/package/iptables/iptables.mk
index b74321cbf..3e847d2bd 100644
--- a/package/iptables/iptables.mk
+++ b/package/iptables/iptables.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # iptables
 #
 #############################################################
-IPTABLES_VERSION = 1.4.7
+IPTABLES_VERSION = 1.4.8
 IPTABLES_SOURCE = iptables-$(IPTABLES_VERSION).tar.bz2
 IPTABLES_SITE = http://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables
 
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_INET_IPV6),y)
 	ln -sf ip6tables-multi $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/ip6tables
 	ln -sf ip6tables-multi $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/ip6tables-save
 	ln -sf ip6tables-multi $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/ip6tables-restore
+else
+	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libip6tc.*
 endif
 	touch $@