Index: dhcp.c
==================================================================
--- dhcp.c
+++ dhcp.c
@@ -1082,13 +1082,16 @@
 	}
 
 	*p++ = DHO_END;
 	len = (size_t)(p - (uint8_t *)bootp);
 
-	/* Pad out to the BOOTP minimum message length.
-	 * Some DHCP servers incorrectly require this. */
-	while (len < BOOTP_MESSAGE_LENTH_MIN) {
+	/* Pad out to the BOOTP message length.
+	 * Even if we send a DHCP packet with a variable length vendor area,
+	 * some servers / relay agents don't like packets smaller than
+	 * a BOOTP message which is fine because that's stipulated
+	 * in RFC1542 section 2.1. */
+	while (len < sizeof(*bootp)) {
 		*p++ = DHO_PAD;
 		len++;
 	}
 
 	if (ifo->auth.options & DHCPCD_AUTH_SEND && auth_len != 0)
@@ -3134,18 +3137,30 @@
 		{
 			logger(ifp->ctx, LOG_WARNING,
 			    "%s: server %s is not destination",
 			    ifp->name, inet_ntoa(from));
 		}
-
+		/*
+		 * DHCP has a variable option area rather than a fixed
+		 * vendor area.
+		 * Because DHCP uses the BOOTP protocol it should
+		 * still send BOOTP sized packets to be RFC compliant.
+		 * However some servers send a truncated vendor area.
+		 * dhcpcd can work fine without the vendor area being sent.
+		 */
 		bytes = get_udp_data(&bootp, buf);
-		if (bytes < sizeof(struct bootp)) {
+		if (bytes < offsetof(struct bootp, vend)) {
 			logger(ifp->ctx, LOG_ERR,
 			    "%s: truncated packet (%zu) from %s",
 			    ifp->name, bytes, inet_ntoa(from));
 			continue;
 		}
+		/* But to make our IS_DHCP macro easy, ensure the vendor
+		 * area has at least 4 octets. */
+		while (bytes < offsetof(struct bootp, vend) + 4)
+			bootp[bytes++] = '\0';
+
 		dhcp_handledhcp(ifp, (struct bootp *)bootp, bytes, &from);
 		if (state->raw_fd == -1)
 			break;
 	}
 }

Index: dhcp.h
==================================================================
--- dhcp.h
+++ dhcp.h
@@ -129,13 +129,10 @@
 	FQDN_NONE       = 0x18,
 	FQDN_PTR        = 0x20,
 	FQDN_BOTH       = 0x31
 };
 
-/* Some crappy DHCP servers require the BOOTP minimum length */
-#define BOOTP_MESSAGE_LENTH_MIN 300
-
 /* Don't import common.h as that defines __unused which causes problems
  * on some Linux systems which define it as part of a structure */
 #if __GNUC__ > 2 || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 # ifndef __packed
 #  define __packed   __attribute__((__packed__))