diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a8f890eb92..f1edd164e5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 	Updated/fixed packages: busybox, dosfstools, e2fsprogs,
 	mtd-utils, squashfs
 
+	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
+
+	#1273 BR2_INET_IPV6 does not enable IPv6 in pppd
+
 2010.02, Release February 26th, 2010:
 
 	Fixes all over the tree.
diff --git a/package/pppd/pppd.mk b/package/pppd/pppd.mk
index 0888aa9d1e..46d5b6f882 100644
--- a/package/pppd/pppd.mk
+++ b/package/pppd/pppd.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ $(DL_DIR)/$(PPPD_SOURCE):
 
 pppd-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(PPPD_SOURCE)
 
+PPPD_OPTIONS_$(BR2_INET_IPV6) += HAVE_INET6=y
 PPPD_OPTIONS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_PPPD_FILTER) += FILTER=y
 
 $(PPPD_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(PPPD_SOURCE)