diff --git a/openwrt/package/ppp/Config.in b/openwrt/package/ppp/Config.in
index d97c34220b..3ac1498024 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/ppp/Config.in
+++ b/openwrt/package/ppp/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PPP
 	default y
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD_PPP
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PPP_WITH_FILTER
+        prompt "Enable filter support"
+	bool
+	default y
+	depends BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PPP_MOD_PPPOA
 	prompt   "ppp-mod-pppoa................... PPPoA (PPP over ATM) plugin"
 	tristate
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ppp/Makefile b/openwrt/package/ppp/Makefile
index 4a0b0537ad..d98d7e5cb7 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/ppp/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/ppp/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ $(eval $(call PKG_mod_template,PPP_MOD_PPPOA,pppoatm))
 $(eval $(call PKG_mod_template,PPP_MOD_PPPOE,rp-pppoe))
 $(eval $(call PKG_mod_template,PPP_MOD_RADIUS,radius))
 
+PKG_DEPEND:="kmod-ppp"
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PPP_WITH_FILTER),y)
+ENABLE_FILTER:="FILTER=1"
+PKG_DEPEND += ", libpcap"
+endif
+
 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured:
 	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); rm -rf config.{cache,status} ; \
 		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
@@ -73,6 +79,8 @@ $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built:
 		CC=$(TARGET_CC) \
 		COPTS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
 		HAVE_INET6="1" \
+		$(ENABLE_FILTER) \
+		STAGING_DIR=$(STAGING_DIR) \
 		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr" \
 		all install
 	touch $@
@@ -87,6 +95,7 @@ $(IPKG_PPP):
 	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_PPP)/usr/sbin
 	install -m0755 $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/pppd $(IDIR_PPP)/usr/sbin/
 	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_PPP)/usr/lib/pppd
+	echo "Depends: $(PKG_DEPEND)" >> $(IDIR_PPP)/CONTROL/control
 	$(RSTRIP) $(IDIR_PPP)
 	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(IDIR_PPP) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
 	
@@ -103,7 +112,6 @@ $(IDIR_PPP_MOD_PPPOE)/sbin/ifup.pppoe:
 $(IPKG_PPP_MOD_PPPOE): $(IDIR_PPP_MOD_PPPOE)/sbin/ifup.pppoe
 
 $(IDIR_PPP_MOD_RADIUS)/etc/ppp/radius.conf:
-
 	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_PPP_MOD_RADIUS)/etc/ppp
 	install -m644 ./files/etc/ppp/radius.conf $(IDIR_PPP_MOD_RADIUS)/etc/ppp/
 	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_PPP_MOD_RADIUS)/etc/ppp/radius
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ppp/ipkg/ppp.control b/openwrt/package/ppp/ipkg/ppp.control
index 2ebff521ce..38e5331908 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/ppp/ipkg/ppp.control
+++ b/openwrt/package/ppp/ipkg/ppp.control
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 Package: ppp
 Priority: optional
 Section: net
-Depends: kmod-ppp
 Description: a PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) daemon (with MPPE/MPPC support)