diff --git a/dnsmasq/.md5sum b/dnsmasq/.md5sum
index 872960157..b082c1d57 100644
--- a/dnsmasq/.md5sum
+++ b/dnsmasq/.md5sum
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 d1b2a1f31cea2c529358d7e73bcda6bd  dnsmasq
-0f048f3fd1f3888876867809d162cd89  dnsmasq-2.51.tar.lzma
-940ad9c3f952082e74c5a140b5e879f4  dnsmasq-config.patch
+2d156f322564fdd71ad238040cd607ac  dnsmasq-2.52.tar.lzma
+570317114c986bbf2f90949c17049ac7  dnsmasq-config.patch
diff --git a/dnsmasq/Pkgfile b/dnsmasq/Pkgfile
index 1c37bfb6e..86944ece1 100644
--- a/dnsmasq/Pkgfile
+++ b/dnsmasq/Pkgfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Maintainer:  Juergen Daubert, juergen dot daubert at t-online dot de
 
 name=dnsmasq
-version=2.51
+version=2.52
 release=1
 source=(http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/$name/$name-$version.tar.lzma \
         $name-config.patch dnsmasq)
diff --git a/dnsmasq/README b/dnsmasq/README
index d610e1d94..77cd012b5 100644
--- a/dnsmasq/README
+++ b/dnsmasq/README
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ PRE-INSTALL
 
 POST-INSTALL
 
-As of version 1.16 dnsmasq use the syslogd facility daemon 
+As of version 1.16 dnsmasq use the syslog facility daemon 
 with priority debug for logging of queries, if log-queries 
 is enabled.
 This will not work with the default configuration of CRUX. 
 Add something like the following to /etc/syslog.conf:
 
-  daemon.debug       -/var/log/debug
+  *.=debug       /var/log/debug
 
 PRECAUTION
 
diff --git a/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-config.patch b/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-config.patch
index bb08374d1..082150317 100644
--- a/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-config.patch
+++ b/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-config.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -Nru dnsmasq-2.51.orig/Makefile dnsmasq-2.51/Makefile
---- dnsmasq-2.51.orig/Makefile	2009-10-15 13:58:55.000000000 +0200
-+++ dnsmasq-2.51/Makefile	2009-10-15 13:59:12.000000000 +0200
+diff -Nru dnsmasq-2.52.orig/Makefile dnsmasq-2.52/Makefile
+--- dnsmasq-2.52.orig/Makefile	2010-01-22 22:26:22.000000000 +0100
++++ dnsmasq-2.52/Makefile	2010-01-22 22:51:22.000000000 +0100
 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  
  PREFIX = /usr/local
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ diff -Nru dnsmasq-2.51.orig/Makefile dnsmasq-2.51/Makefile
 +MANDIR = ${PREFIX}/man
  LOCALEDIR = ${PREFIX}/share/locale
  
- SRC = src
-diff -Nru dnsmasq-2.51.orig/bld/Makefile dnsmasq-2.51/bld/Makefile
---- dnsmasq-2.51.orig/bld/Makefile	2009-10-15 13:58:55.000000000 +0200
-+++ dnsmasq-2.51/bld/Makefile	2009-10-15 13:59:12.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+ PKG_CONFIG = pkg-config
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ MSGFMT = msgfmt
+ XGETTEXT = xgettext
+ 
 -CFLAGS = -Wall -W -O2
 +CFLAGS += -Wall -W
  
- OBJS = cache.o rfc1035.o util.o option.o forward.o network.o \
-        dnsmasq.o dhcp.o lease.o rfc2131.o netlink.o dbus.o bpf.o \
-diff -Nru dnsmasq-2.51.orig/dnsmasq.conf.example dnsmasq-2.51/dnsmasq.conf.example
---- dnsmasq-2.51.orig/dnsmasq.conf.example	2009-10-15 13:58:55.000000000 +0200
-+++ dnsmasq-2.51/dnsmasq.conf.example	2009-10-15 13:59:12.000000000 +0200
+ #################################################################
+ 
+diff -Nru dnsmasq-2.52.orig/dnsmasq.conf.example dnsmasq-2.52/dnsmasq.conf.example
+--- dnsmasq-2.52.orig/dnsmasq.conf.example	2010-01-22 22:26:22.000000000 +0100
++++ dnsmasq-2.52/dnsmasq.conf.example	2010-01-22 22:26:59.000000000 +0100
 @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
  
  # If you want dnsmasq to change uid and gid to something other
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ diff -Nru dnsmasq-2.51.orig/dnsmasq.conf.example dnsmasq-2.51/dnsmasq.conf.examp
  
  # Set the DHCP server to authoritative mode. In this mode it will barge in
  # and take over the lease for any client which broadcasts on the network,
-diff -Nru dnsmasq-2.51.orig/src/config.h dnsmasq-2.51/src/config.h
---- dnsmasq-2.51.orig/src/config.h	2009-10-15 13:58:55.000000000 +0200
-+++ dnsmasq-2.51/src/config.h	2009-10-15 13:59:12.000000000 +0200
+diff -Nru dnsmasq-2.52.orig/src/config.h dnsmasq-2.52/src/config.h
+--- dnsmasq-2.52.orig/src/config.h	2010-01-22 22:26:23.000000000 +0100
++++ dnsmasq-2.52/src/config.h	2010-01-22 22:26:59.000000000 +0100
 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  #   elif defined(__sun__) || defined (__sun)
  #      define LEASEFILE "/var/cache/dnsmasq.leases"