diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/package.mk b/packages/network/iptables/package.mk
index 78cd0ff164..e86bf9370d 100644
--- a/packages/network/iptables/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/iptables/package.mk
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="iptables"
-PKG_VERSION="1.4.21"
+PKG_VERSION="1.6.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.netfilter.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain linux"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain linux libmnl libnftnl"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="iptables: IP packet filter administration"
diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/patches/iptables-buildfix.patch b/packages/network/iptables/patches/iptables-buildfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb7327868c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/iptables/patches/iptables-buildfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -Naur iptables-1.6.0/extensions/GNUmakefile.in iptables-1.6.0.patch/extensions/GNUmakefile.in
+--- iptables-1.6.0/extensions/GNUmakefile.in	2015-12-09 13:55:06.000000000 +0100
++++ iptables-1.6.0.patch/extensions/GNUmakefile.in	2015-12-21 07:57:44.698366669 +0100
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
+ kinclude_CPPFLAGS  = @kinclude_CPPFLAGS@
+ 
+ AM_CFLAGS       = ${regular_CFLAGS}
+-AM_CPPFLAGS     = ${regular_CPPFLAGS} -I${top_builddir}/include -I${top_builddir} -I${top_srcdir}/include ${kinclude_CPPFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} @libnetfilter_conntrack_CFLAGS@ @libnftnl_CFLAGS@
++AM_CPPFLAGS     = ${regular_CPPFLAGS} -I${top_builddir}/include -I${top_builddir} -I${top_srcdir}/include -I${top_srcdir} ${kinclude_CPPFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} @libnetfilter_conntrack_CFLAGS@ @libnftnl_CFLAGS@
+ AM_DEPFLAGS     = -Wp,-MMD,$(@D)/.$(@F).d,-MT,$@
+ AM_LDFLAGS      = @noundef_LDFLAGS@
+ 
+diff -Naur iptables-1.6.0/iptables/Makefile.am iptables-1.6.0.patch/iptables/Makefile.am
+--- iptables-1.6.0/iptables/Makefile.am	2015-12-09 13:55:06.000000000 +0100
++++ iptables-1.6.0.patch/iptables/Makefile.am	2015-12-21 08:03:22.245954635 +0100
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ # -*- Makefile -*-
+ 
+ AM_CFLAGS        = ${regular_CFLAGS}
+-AM_CPPFLAGS      = ${regular_CPPFLAGS} -I${top_builddir}/include -I${top_srcdir}/include ${kinclude_CPPFLAGS} ${libmnl_CFLAGS} ${libnftnl_CFLAGS} ${libnetfilter_conntrack_CFLAGS}
++AM_CPPFLAGS      = ${regular_CPPFLAGS} -I${top_builddir}/include -I${top_builddir} -I${top_srcdir}/include -I${top_srcdir} ${kinclude_CPPFLAGS} ${libmnl_CFLAGS} ${libnftnl_CFLAGS} ${libnetfilter_conntrack_CFLAGS}
+ AM_YFLAGS = -d
+ 
+ xtables_multi_SOURCES  = xtables-multi.c iptables-xml.c