diff --git a/package/iputils/iputils.mk b/package/iputils/iputils.mk
index 7482bbdca1..cbcce89684 100644
--- a/package/iputils/iputils.mk
+++ b/package/iputils/iputils.mk
@@ -79,11 +79,23 @@ IPUTILS_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += IPUTILS_CREATE_PING6_SYMLINK
 
 # handle permissions ourselves
 IPUTILS_CONF_OPTS += -DNO_SETCAP_OR_SUID=true
+ifeq ($(BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE_SUPPORTS_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES),y)
+define IPUTILS_PERMISSIONS
+	/usr/sbin/arping      f 755 0 0 - - - - -
+	/usr/bin/clockdiff    f 755 0 0 - - - - -
+	|xattr cap_net_raw+p
+	/bin/ping             f 755 0 0 - - - - -
+	|xattr cap_net_raw+p
+	/usr/bin/traceroute6  f 755 0 0 - - - - -
+	|xattr cap_net_raw+p
+endef
+else
 define IPUTILS_PERMISSIONS
 	/usr/sbin/arping      f  755 0 0 - - - - -
 	/usr/bin/clockdiff    f 4755 0 0 - - - - -
 	/bin/ping             f 4755 0 0 - - - - -
 	/usr/bin/traceroute6  f 4755 0 0 - - - - -
 endef
+endif
 
 $(eval $(meson-package))