diff --git a/packages/network/ppp/package.mk b/packages/network/ppp/package.mk
index 3bc1e8893a..3162bb90c7 100644
--- a/packages/network/ppp/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/ppp/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://samba.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://samba.org/ftp/ppp/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libpcap"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="ppp: contains the pppd daemon and the chat program. This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to the Internet via a dial-up or PPPoE connection to an ISP."
diff --git a/packages/network/ppp/patches/ppp-disable-filter-support.patch b/packages/network/ppp/patches/ppp-disable-filter-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57f53baef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/ppp/patches/ppp-disable-filter-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur ppp-2.4.7/pppd/Makefile.linux ppp-2.4.7.patch/pppd/Makefile.linux
+--- ppp-2.4.7/pppd/Makefile.linux	2014-08-09 14:31:39.000000000 +0200
++++ ppp-2.4.7.patch/pppd/Makefile.linux	2014-09-10 13:31:20.731202543 +0200
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+ # Uncomment the next line to include support for PPP packet filtering.
+ # This requires that the libpcap library and headers be installed
+ # and that the kernel driver support PPP packet filtering.
+-FILTER=y
++# FILTER=y
+ 
+ # Uncomment the next line to enable multilink PPP (enabled by default)
+ # Linux distributions: Please leave multilink ENABLED in your builds