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diff --git a/package/ppp/patches/320-custom_iface_names.patch b/package/ppp/patches/320-custom_iface_names.patch
index 26e6837532..a95f4f8c81 100644
--- a/package/ppp/patches/320-custom_iface_names.patch
+++ b/package/ppp/patches/320-custom_iface_names.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+pppd: Support arbitrary interface names
+
+This patch implements a new string option "ifname" which allows to specify
+fully custom PPP interface names on Linux. It does so by renaming the
+allocated pppX device immediately after it has been created to the requested
+interface name.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org>
+
--- a/pppd/main.c
+++ b/pppd/main.c
@@ -745,8 +745,11 @@ void